Gosnell Trial- A Rogue Case?

Upon further investigation into this case, which is not only morally disturbing but very emotionally traumatic, I can't help but think: how can this happen?

In my previous blog I mentioned that human life, at any stage of development, is still life. Whether he injected these babies before they were born or whether they were born live and he killed them, it still amounts to the same thing.

I want to take a moment to acknowledge that there are those who are pro-choice who would deem this horrific as well. They would say that this is a rogue case, and that this is not what abortion normally looks like. They would say that making abortion illegal will make this sort of thing more common.

But here's the thing: it's legal right now, which does not exactly discourage persons from making money off this type of business. Not only this, but abortion is being waved about soon after this case as if it is a right (where is that in the constitution?). If it is a human right, as I said before, then there are arguably 2 human parties' rights to consider.

Several states have successfully passed laws against abortion, and are now under fire from the President, who is an advocate of Planned Parenthood. I am not about to demonize either of those parties right now...because that is unhelpful in discussing the matter at hand.

The laws passed, might I add, have to do with banning abortions after 6 weeks, when a heartbeat can be detected. So when Obama is arguing that these laws are outdated and restrictive to women, he is arguing that it should be legal to abort babies after 6 weeks. If we look at this argument, it seems to have less concern for women than for this floating American concept of unbounded freedom.

Freedom, in itself, is not evil, but as I stated on a previous blog, human beings have a sinful nature. We do bad stuff. There need to be laws to protect citizens from one another, eitherwise one person's freedom may infringe on another's. So yes, that means we cannot just do whatever we feel like. The choices of an individual impact others in society. Choosing to have an abortion does not just impact the mother, but all involved, especially the human being that has been growing inside her.