This is not my thread so BPG can choose to go further or not on why he posted. Abortion is a topic which I have strong views about … no surprise there!
Today I see that little Isobel is being hailed as a miracle baby born at 22 weeks, just over 1 lb in weight, given less than 10% chance of surviving. Now out of the woods, thriving and giving joy to many. In a society which sanctions abortion up to birth for being flawed with such abominations as Downes syndrome and aborts thousands every year at later term than Isobel was born I find myself saddened. I know the reason … we have let go the notion of the sanctity of life even as we have relinquished the notion of sacredness itself. What struck me about the incident in Germany .. and I suspect is at least a part of Bill’s point … is that the BBC and every news outlet I have seen refer to the killing of an unborn child or baby. I have been roundly rebuked several times for using such ‘politicised language.’ ‘If it ain’t born it’s a foetus or a neonate or an embryo or a zygote .. but not a human being, a child, a baby … that’s just a political ploy to undermine the right to terminate.’ Some consistency would be welcome … but I’ve long since given up the hope of seeing integrity in public discourse, especially on such emotive issues.
