”The unborn” are a convenient group of people to advocate for. They never make demands of you; they are morally uncomplicated, unlike the incarcerated, addicted, or the chronically poor; they don’t resent your condescension or complain that you are not politically correct; unlike widows, they don’t ask you to question patriarchy; unlike orphans, they don’t need money, education, or childcare; unlike aliens, they don’t bring all that racial, cultural, and religious baggage that you dislike; they allow you to feel good about yourself without any work at creating or maintaining relationships; and when they are born, you can forget about them, because they cease to be unborn. You can love the unborn and advocate for them without substantially challenging your own wealth, power, or privilege, without re-imagining social structures, apologizing, or making reparations to anyone. They are, in short, the perfect people to love if you want to claim you love Jesus, but actually dislike people who breathe. Prisoners? Immigrants? The sick? The poor? Widows? Orphans? All the groups that are specifically mentioned in the Bible? They all get thrown under the bus for the unborn.
It was such a sad story. I believe she miscarried but needed medical attention to deal with the aftermath but the procedure that would have saved her life somehow counted as an "abortion". For over 19 hours she suffered in pain at the hospital, waiting for Doctors to intervene. When they finally did, it was too late and she didn't make it. She was accepted to nursing school days later. She should be preparing for school... she should still be with us. Apparently, her son is now afraid of the doctor. Poor lady, poor baby, poor broken-hearted family.
EXXPat on October 17th, 2024 at 02:52 UTC »
Such beautiful smiles on both of them, wiped out forever. Vote, don’t let this happen again!
two-years-glop on October 17th, 2024 at 02:52 UTC »
”The unborn” are a convenient group of people to advocate for. They never make demands of you; they are morally uncomplicated, unlike the incarcerated, addicted, or the chronically poor; they don’t resent your condescension or complain that you are not politically correct; unlike widows, they don’t ask you to question patriarchy; unlike orphans, they don’t need money, education, or childcare; unlike aliens, they don’t bring all that racial, cultural, and religious baggage that you dislike; they allow you to feel good about yourself without any work at creating or maintaining relationships; and when they are born, you can forget about them, because they cease to be unborn. You can love the unborn and advocate for them without substantially challenging your own wealth, power, or privilege, without re-imagining social structures, apologizing, or making reparations to anyone. They are, in short, the perfect people to love if you want to claim you love Jesus, but actually dislike people who breathe. Prisoners? Immigrants? The sick? The poor? Widows? Orphans? All the groups that are specifically mentioned in the Bible? They all get thrown under the bus for the unborn.
-Methodist Pastor David Barnhart
quenifer on October 17th, 2024 at 03:46 UTC »
It was such a sad story. I believe she miscarried but needed medical attention to deal with the aftermath but the procedure that would have saved her life somehow counted as an "abortion". For over 19 hours she suffered in pain at the hospital, waiting for Doctors to intervene. When they finally did, it was too late and she didn't make it. She was accepted to nursing school days later. She should be preparing for school... she should still be with us. Apparently, her son is now afraid of the doctor. Poor lady, poor baby, poor broken-hearted family.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mother-amber-thurman-georgia-abortion-ban_n_670eaacde4b0c5b8c0af991a