Real Doctors Choose Life

Unlike some doctors around South Dakota who seem to have no problem with killing an unborn child, a group of pro-life doctors has formed to let the public know that not all doctors are willing to turn a blind eye to murder.

From the Rapid City Journal:

“We are all here as members and representatives of South Dakota Physicians For Life. We are united in our support of HB1215.”

Dr. Don Oliver of Rapid City explains why an abortion is not just a woman removing some unwanted "tissue" or "cells" from her body, but is the murder of a distinct, individual human being:

“A genetically unique, separate human life begins at the moment of conception,” Oliver said. “An abortion, therefore, destroys a unique human individual that can never be replaced.”

From conception, the unborn child has a DNA sequence completely unique, DNA that is different from its mother or father. It is its own unique person, not a "blob of tissue" or "zytoblast."

The original Hippocratic Oath taken by doctors to preserve life included a prohibition against performing abortions.

In recent decades, some doctors have decided to "get hip" and trendy and PC and have succeeded in removing the prohibition against abortion from that Oath.

Not these doctors.

And they can't be minimized by calling them a "minority" as Dr. Marvin Buehner did.

Have you ever been overruled in a group decision? That's okay when it comes to deciding what restaurant to go to, but consensus is a lousy way to decide whether someone lives or dies. How would you like it if "majority rules" when it came to whether you live or die?

Abolitionists who wanted to end slavery 150 years ago were in the minority. Does that mean we should have kept slavery?

Dr. Ann Church summed up the whole thing nicely:

“I think we hear a lot of talk sometimes about (how) abortion should be rare but safe,” she said. “I think this bill fits that. It fits it to a T.”

Liberal Radio Air America Files for Bankruptcy

Just like every other liberal idea: bankrupt.

The Shining Light of Marxism

Here's what Marxism always brings in some form or another:



In case you didn't catch it, this is the satellite image of the Korean peninsula at night that's been in the news the past couple of days. If you look closely :-) you will notice that North Korea (Marxist Communist North, that is) is very dark...except for the "haves" in the capital city of Pyongyang (that's the tiny dot north of the dividing line, in the sea of darkness).

Granted, Marxism is at its extreme in communist North Korea, but it always diminishes the quality of life wherever it goes. In fact, the more Marxism, the more reduction in quality of life.

But that tiny dot of light in the North also has an important lesson to teach. In Marxist societies, which hypocritically preach equality, there is always a handful of privileged few who will be, in the words of George Orwell's "Animal Farm," "more equal" than the rest.

See all that light in South Korea? That's the shining light of true freedom, not the false egalitarian promise that Marxism offers and never delivers. Learn it, live it, love it!

I wish liberals would come to terms with this truth in their fevered desire to impose socialism (a milder form of Marxism) on America.

Rape Doesn't Have to Mean More Violence

VoteYesForLife.com has a short video from Megan Barnett, a young woman I interviewed a few months ago.

If you've heard about her story, you may recall that she was raped, but decided to keep her baby. She gives the unequivocal answer that it's the best thing she could have possibly done...unlike many women who are telling their stories that they killed their child after being raped, and have regretted it ever since.

Check out the video here; it'll only take a minute, and it will provide tremendous insight into this challenging issue.

Can We Legislate Morality?

Dr. Mike Adams had an excellent piece on TownHall.com yesterday. It dealt with the often-misunderstood issue of legislating morality, and the fallacy of how "you can't legislate morality."

Dr. Adams says it well:

During the 1990s, liberals stated that legislation designed to cut food stamps was "immoral." But most liberals also adhere to the belief that you "can't legislate morality." How can a bill be "immoral" if it can't be "moral"?

and

Was the 13th Amendment ban of slavery an example of Congress trying to "legislate morality"? If your answer is "yes," is that sufficient grounds to reinstate slavery?

Those who say there is no objective standard of morality base their opinion on the inability of people to act in accordance with that standard consistently. But isn't the absolute moral law more likely to be seen in people reactions, rather than their actions? Think about yourself for a moment. Sometimes you tell the truth, sometimes you don't. But, do you not react with consistent moral outrage when people lie to you?

and

How many of our Founding Fathers attended seminary? (Hint: It is more than 26 and less than 28).

In 1796, an act was passed by Congress under President Washington regulating the land given to the Society of United Brethren for "propagating the gospel among the heathen." The act was later extended by President Jefferson. Do you suppose that conflicts with his supposed insistence upon a "wall of separation between church and state"?

and

Is it true that Thomas Jefferson set up the University of Virginia – using state funds – with rules including a ban on swearing and an expectation that students would "attend religious services"?

and a very interesting one

How many of the states that ratified the First Amendment had official state churches?

As much as I'm sure they'd hate it, even an intellectually honest liberal (if there is such an animal) would have to admit that we can--AND DO--legislate morality. We do it every day. If we didn't, there would be complete and total anarchy, and the world would be a very, very unsafe place to try and live.

The question is: whose morality will we legislate? The morality that made this nation the greatest, best place on earth...or the Marxist socialist morality that has left nothing but dead bodies and destroyed lives in its wake?