Posted on 01/20/2004 2:15:21 PM PST by cpforlife.org
What a difference a year makes.
The map above has been updated to reflect the number of children murdered by surgical abortion in this past year, about 1.4 million in the U.S., roughly half the population of Mississippi, shaded in red. When added to the 17 states in black, this equals a population of 44,000,000. It's the sickening truth America,
44 MILLION innocent babies have been dismembered by surgical abortion since Roe v Wade on January 22, 1973.
The war on Terrorism:
To try to get some additional perspective on this number, lets look at the war on terrorism. Some 3,000 people died in the horrific attacks of 9-11-01. The number of U.S. service members who have died in Iraq since the war began last March of 2003 reached 500 in the last several days. Also earlier this month we suffered the 100th fatality in the U.S. military's two-year Afghan campaign. So we as a nation have lost some 3,600 people from the attacks of 9-11-01, AND all combat on the war on terror in the last 27 months. That is less than ONE DAY of killing for the abortionists.
What if every day, for the last two years, 3,600 Americans died at the hands of terrorists? Imagine if 2,600 service men and women were brought home in boxes every day; and terrorists butchered another 1,000 civilians here at home—every day. What would that do to our nation—mentally, emotionally, and spiritually?
Unimaginable.
From an unborn person’s perspective things are worse, much worse. Every day for the last 31 years, about 4,000 Americans HAVE died at the hands of terrorists!
About one out every fourth pregnancy in America is ended by abortion.
Abortionists are the most lethal and brutal terrorists in the world. Their kill rate is over 99%, far deadlier than any of Saddam’s henchmen. The pain abortionists inflict on unborn children older than 16-20 weeks is far more excruciating than the most vicious forms of torture Uday and Qusay ever used on their poor victims.
The last 31 years of “legalized” abortion has severely damaged this nation’s sense of basic right and wrong. As the CULTure of death metastasizes, nearly every imaginable attack against the Family and of innocent life has come to pass or is being seriously discussed.
Abortion is a very depressing subject, one we would prefer not to think about. But avoiding the topic and wishing it would go away is as effective as on any other deadly condition.
BUT WHAT CAN I DO TO STOP IT?
CLICK THIS LINK TO A LIST OF 56 DIFFERENT THINGS TO DO. THERE IS SOMETHING ON THE LIST FOR EVERYONE.
Beyond that there is only one thing (earthly speaking) that will end this culture of death. Comprehensive education, on the sanctity of life before birth, beginning in pre-K and lasting through high school. This will have to be done in order to have a sufficient populace who votes Pro-Life. There simply is NO other way to get the needed votes.
True enough. But your only response to my questions about the purpose of law, and whether or not you think there can be any such thing as an unjust law was to have me as a putative law-breaker discussing moral and legal philosphy with my fellow inmates. Since we were discussing the evil and unjust ROE decision, and since I had no idea what other law you thought I could disobey to end up in prison discussing moral and legal philosophy with my fellow inmates, I naturally wanted to know how I could disobey that decision and thus end up in that prison.
Incidentally, one of the major reasons we do have juries is to guard against the unjust prosecution of laws, as well as the prosecution of unjust laws.
Cordially,
When then did you, for example, begin to exist? At what other point could you have possibly begun to exist other than at the beginning? Do you believe that your mother had, or should have had the right to kill you at some point in your life? If yes, then that view doesn't seem logical to me. It seems self-defeating.
Cordially,
I want to personally thank you both for being such strong defenders of life.
I don’t generally spend this much time arguing with the opposition, as it is rarely a productive use of time. In fact I have tried to focus my efforts on what will actually change the culture—specifically what will address the source of the problem instead of patch working the symptoms.
The article below outlines my ideas. Hopefully potential future readers of this thread will appreciate it, as the “debate” within this thread tends to prove my points. I’ll try to publish it soon and want to share it with you both here. Any comments by you or any Pro-Life Freepers reading this are most welcome.
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The Pro-Life movement continues to fight with its strong arm tied behind its back
As a member of the Pro-Life movement I am writing this as something of an open letter to my friends and compatriots everywhere.
My purpose here is to highlight what will be necessary to achieve major change. Let us issue a challenge for people involved and responsible to begin to make the necessary changes.
I am talking about COMPREHENSIVE sanctity of life education with special emphasis on the first nine months of life before birth, implemented in all Christian Schools throughout the country. Age appropriate lesson plans WITH REGULAR TESTING should begin in pre-K and last throughout high school. Many pro-life activists will stop reading at this point, as this idea seems to fall on deaf ears. Please don't stop reading, but consider that the pro-abortion movement uses similar ways to actively indoctrinate students in public schools into the culture of death—with devastatingly effective results.
The Pro-Life movement operates essentially in a constant state of damage control. We focus our energies on those people who defend "Choice" trying to change their minds to our way of thinking; when significant numbers of these very people went through Christian schools and would be working with us today—if they simply were taught LIFE in the first place.
It is far more effective to properly form (and inform) the consciences of Christians while they are in Christian school regarding the sanctity of life than it is to try to change their minds when they are older. Yet for various reasons, none of which are acceptable, true and comprehensive LIFE education is a rarity in Christian schools across the country. After 31 years, it is long past the time for Christian school systems and Pro-Life leaders to act together on this simple reality.
Full legal protection for persons waiting to be born is well beyond reversing Roe; it requires a LIFE Amendment to the Constitution. This goal necessitates a shift in cultural and voting trends in the tens of millions. The only realistic way for this to happen is with a new generation of Christians fully educated on the sanctity of Life before birth.
Ways to free our strong arm—Weapons of Mass Instruction
A book entitled Respect LIFE Curriculum Guidelines, which was published in 1977, covers all of this in great detail. We have posted excerpts from these Guidelines on our web site at http://cpforlife.org/id94 and a link to where this great resource can still be purchased. Sadly it has gone unused. From the Preface (page 4):
"Through the process of ongoing education from early childhood through mature adulthood, programs developed from these Guidelines will strengthen positive attitudes toward life and weaken attitudes which are negative."
"The education envisioned by these Guidelines seeks long-term improvements. The assumption here is (1) that positive respect life attitudes can be inculcated through educational processes, and (2) that these attitudes and values, reflected in the many issues of daily life, will have practical impact on people's lives and environment."
This 109 page book holds a tremendous potential to create a majority of pro-life Christians who would live, work, and VOTE to restore equal protection to all citizens—born and UNBORN.
For our part we have several resources, which help promote the concept of Pro-Life education in Christian Schools. First we have published online, The Missing Key of the Pro-Life Movement, a document that thoroughly develops the concepts of this article. Following that, we have available our Pro-Life education program for kindergarten through 12th grade which has been online for 4 years. Lastly, we are nearing completion of our Respect LIFE educations series. This will include 10 unique lesson plans for each grade from pre-K through 12th. We will make this available for free as downloadable documents at our website.
Parents with children in Christian schools must get involved in asking the leadership of the schools to institute K-12 pro-life curricula. In the meantime parents must educate their children on LIFE at home.
We have had thirty-one years of failed politicking, during which the root cause of the abortion holocaust has not been properly addressed. Teaching our next generation about the sanctity of life and the evils of abortion is the correct and Christian thing to do. For when it comes to the soul of a nation—a nation that is uneducated is one that cannot change.
Kevin M. Jeanfreau, founder
Christian Patriots For Life
http://www.CpForLife.org
You originally entered the fray by criticizing me for the manner in which I replied to epow who initiated the discussion regarding unjust laws. My point then, as it is now, is that a person can be prosecuted for the violation of law that she/he/it deems unjust.
My initial challenge to cp's article was using the term murder thus implying that some punishable crime was being committed. [It is amazing how this discussion has evolved beyond that point.]
With regard to your note about jury nullification, I remind you that the actions of the OJ jury certainly did not advance the case of justice.
Maybe you should direct us to the specific portion of the Constitution which actually forbids the individual states to enact a law prohibiting abortion. I'm not referring to the mental contortions performed by the Warren court in order to make it's predetermined edict appear to at least vaguely resemble a decision based on Constitutional content. I mean literal, textual support for that prohibition.
I find it ironic that you equate the judicially invented "right" to abort a fetus, which was accorded protection through judicial fiat by a sympathetic court without any visible Constitutional support but is vigorously defended by the courts, to the right to keep and bear arms which was accorded specific and clear Constitutional protection by the authors themselves but is not even tepidly defended by the vast majority of the judiciary. Can't you see the the irony of that equation?
I'm saying the state must follow our constitution in the writing of law
You obviously pick and choose which laws you deem Constitutionally correct based not on the clear intent of the authors, but on your own prejudices and nonsensical extremist libertarian ideology. That may be your idea of following the Constitution, but it isn't mine. Have a good day, I'm done with this thread.
When then did you, for example, begin to exist? At what other point could you have possibly begun to exist other than at the beginning?
My rights to life, liberty & property did not begin until they were capable of being separated from my mothers rights, at viablity. That's the dilemma of abortion.
Do you believe that your mother had, or should have had the right to kill you at some point in your life?
At the early stages, any woman has an absolute constitutional right to refuse to be pregnant, as I understand it. As viabiliy becomes more certain, the state can step in and reasonably regulate abortion, under its 'compelling interest' police powers..
If yes, then that view doesn't seem logical to me. It seems self-defeating.
You refuse to admit that early term abortion is a moral dilemma, one the state has no power to control.
I'm not a lawyer so i will defer to your knowledge of the subject. It has been my understanding that there are varying degrees of murder, and only the 1st or 2nd degrees required malice aforethought to qualify for those degrees. I will concede that the abortionist is probably concerned only with his or her fee and holds no conscious malice toward the victim of the homicidal act. Other than that one element, I still maintain that abortion meets every criteria which society at large has traditionally used to define murder.
You suggest the term homicide. I think that term is too benign for such a horrific act of violence against an innocent human being. I still consider it to be premeditated murder for hire.
Maybe you should direct us to the specific portion of the Constitution which actually forbids the individual states to enact a law prohibiting abortion.
Fiat prohibitions [decrees] are forbidden by the provisions of the 14th, primarily. - Such rights need not be specifically enumerated of course, as seen by reading the 9th & 10th.
I'm not referring to the mental contortions performed by the Warren court in order to make it's predetermined edict appear to at least vaguely resemble a decision based on Constitutional content. I mean literal, textual support for that prohibition.
Maybe you should get help on reading the 9th.
I find it ironic that you equate the judicially invented "right" to abort a fetus, which was accorded protection through judicial fiat by a sympathetic court without any visible Constitutional support but is vigorously defended by the courts, to the right to keep and bear arms which was accorded specific and clear Constitutional protection by the authors themselves but is not even tepidly defended by the vast majority of the judiciary. Can't you see the the irony of that equation?
Yes I can, -- it seems everybody wants to ignore/violate certain specific parts of our constitution, according to their special zealotry.
I uphold all of it..[cept the 16th]
You obviously pick and choose which laws you deem Constitutionally correct based not on the clear intent of the authors, but on your own prejudices and nonsensical extremist libertarian ideology.
Your parting shot BS is obvious, but little else..
That may be your idea of following the Constitution, but it isn't mine. Have a good day, I'm done with this thread.
You call me an 'extremist' then bid me a mealy mouthed good day.. -- Bizarro.
At the early stages, any woman has an absolute constitutional right to refuse to be pregnant, as I understand it.
You are saying that at some point ("viability", whatever that means, and which is nevertheless repudiated by Bolton) of your existence that you did not have certain inalienable rights, among which would have been the primary and ultimate inalienable right to your own life. Your propositions raise some obvious questions. First, what does "inalienable" mean anyway, if it's something can be taken away from you at some point of your existence? Or is it that first you don't have them and then suddenly at some unkown point you do have them? If that is the case, what is their source? Where do these inalienable rights come from? Don't you have intrinsic inalienable rights simply by virtue of your humanity? Or alternatively, do you think it is just by some operation of law?
Second, if your mother had some absolute or inalienable right to refuse to be pregnant (ignoring for the moment the use of the vague term, "pregnant") why should her her proported right to "not be pregnant" with you trump your own "right to life"?
Third, because parents used to be and sometimes still are considered in the law as being responsible for the care and nurture of their offspring, why should female parents only have the inalienble right to kill their children? Why should men not have the inalienable right to kill their children, too? What is fair and equitable, for example, about a woman being able to kill her male offspring, but a male not being allowed to kill his female offspring?
You refuse to admit that early term abortion is a moral dilemma, one the state has no power to control.
Of course I refuse to admit that unless a new human being threatens someone else's life, there is no right that trumps that individual's right to life. Absent such a case there is no moral dilemma because an individual's life is prior to his mother's "right not to be pregnant". Once he exists, she already is, so to speak. Parents have the moral (and legal, at or least until Roe and Bolton turned the law on its head) obligation to provide for the care and nurture of their children.
If states have no power to control this how then did the states control this prior to 1/22/1973?
Cordially,
It goes without saying that as a practical matter, a person can be prosecuted for violating laws that one deems unjust. That is undeniably true.
My initial challenge to cp's article was using the term murder thus implying that some punishable crime was being committed...
Perhaps you, as Javelina, are using the term in a positivistic legal sense, whereas I have been using it in a natural law sense. Regarding the etymology of the term "murder" I offer the following:
| murder |
| SYLLABICATION: | mur·der |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  mûr d r |
| NOUN: | 1. The unlawful killing of one human by another, especially with premeditated malice. 2. Slang Something that is very uncomfortable, difficult, or hazardous: The rush hour traffic is murder. 3. A flock of crows. See synonyms at flock1. |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: mur·dered, mur·der·ing, mur·ders |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To kill (another human) unlawfully. 2. To kill brutally or inhumanly. 3. To put an end to; destroy: murdered their chances. 4. To spoil by ineptness; mutilate: a speech that murdered the English language. 5. Slang To defeat decisively; trounce. |
| INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To commit murder. |
| IDIOMS: | get away with murder Informal To escape punishment for or detection of an egregiously blameworthy act. murder will out Secrets or misdeeds will |
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murder - O.E. morðor "secret killing of a person, unlawful killing," also "mortal sin, crime, punishment, torment, misery," from P.Gmc. *murthran, from PIE base *mor-/*mr- "die." The spelling with -d- probably reflects influence of Anglo-Fr. murdre, from O.Fr. mordre, from M.L. murdrum, from the Gmc. root. Viking custom, typical of Gmc., distinguished morð (O.N.) "secret slaughter," from vig (O.N.) "slaying." The former involved concealment, or slaying a man by night or when asleep, and was a heinous crime. The latter was not a disgrace, if the killer acknowledged his deed, but he was subject to vengeance or demand for compensation...."
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The New Testament quotes Exodus 20:13 in Matthew 19:18, Mark 10:19, and Luke 18:20. In these verses, the Greek word used is phoneú
. Like ratsách, this word also means to "murder" or "slay". It is used for the translating of the Hebrew ratsách because they both convey the thought of taking someone's life without cause.
With regard to your note about jury nullification, I remind you that the actions of the OJ jury certainly did not advance the case of justice.
Is this reminder a tacit admission of my point that the law and justice are not necessarily the same thing?:^)
Cordially,
Exactly!!
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