I heard a very sad story on NPR (that bastion of politically correct reporting). It seems that a baby giraffe died while being born at the Roger Williams Zoo in Providence, Rhode Island the other day. A sad story, because it is always sad when a creature dies before it has the chance to live. But what is truly sad about this story is that the commentator referred to the "baby" giraffe.
In NPR's world,a woman having an abortion in the last days of her pregnancy would not be news-worthy (unless there was some "right wing" opposition to the process). There be no sad story about the death of her baby. Instead, she would have exercised her "right" to "choose" and her "fetus" would not be mentioned at all, much less be given the dignity of being referred to as a living creature that tragically lost his or her life before it began. It would, of course, be inconceivable to refer to the victim of such a procedure as a baby of any kind (animal or human).
The death of a baby is a tragedy--even if it is a baby giraffe, or a puppy, or a kitten. A story about someone deliberately killing a baby giraffe, puppy, or kitten would certainly be newsworthy and cause for public outrage (justifiably, too). Killing baby humans, clearly isn't--at least in the world of the dominant illiberal press.
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I have been obsessed with abortion since I became pregnant. My baby is fair game in our culture, it is just lucky to be in my womb, the womb of someone who won't kill it. On my blog, I discussed a strange aspect of Massachusetts law.
ReplyDeleteI can take drugs while pregnant, not seek prenatal care, and abort with no ill effect to my criminal record or public reputation.
If, however, I take drugs while pregnant and seek prenatal care, the state will charge me with a crime against my child!
Beyond legislation, we need to talk about life in our culture. I teach preschool. My kids just found out that I'm pregnant. I told them to hold two of their fingers together. "That's the size of my baby right now." I'll give them updates as the baby grows. When they are older, it will be more difficult for them to see a fetus as anything but a baby.