The American Spectator

Paula R. Robinson, M.D.| 10.1.09 @ 7:18AM

As a physician I would not be expected to refer for abortion against my conscience either in a society wedded to the value of human life, nor in one wedded to personal autonomy, but only in one devoted to subjugating people to the state.

JBobs| 10.1.09 @ 3:20PM

Paula, your comments are right and to the point. Why is it that more of your profession are not speaking up (or speaking up more loudly) concerning this issue? While I hear individual professionals like yourself express dismay at the direction the Congress is taking health care, it seems that the major professional organizations have sold out. I believe that if the public and Congress were made to hear the truth from your profession this madness could be stopped.

Robert Rosencrans| 10.1.09 @ 7:24AM

Based on the Polanski situation and abortion, we should speculate that liberals only love children under limited circumstances:

1. When they can use children as props to expand the size of government.

2. When they can rape and drug them.

Michael L. Hauschild| 10.1.09 @ 9:03AM

Or we could speculate that the last election was lost due to imbeciles who implied the majority of voting Americans only love children “when they can be used as props” or “when they can rape and drug them.”
Now I am not going to generalize about conservatives, Republicans, or American Spectator readers, I am responding specifically to you.
That is the most vile, inaccurate, distorted slander I have read in months. You usually are articulate and very seldom resort to such rhetoric. The American Spectator is respected, often quoted and a forum for positive responsible discourse.
What you just posted is pure hate.

Hank| 10.1.09 @ 9:44AM

Prove us wrong, Michael, we would love to be proven wrong. Have the majority party( liberals) vote for school vouchers, fund more charter schools, protect the rights of the unborn, life sentences for child abusers and rapists, etc. Please prove us wrong. Oh, wait, check with the unions and Hollywood first and get back to us. We will wait with tears in our eyes.

Michael L. Hauschild| 10.1.09 @ 10:14AM

Hank,
I have spent the last decade or so cradled in the liberal nest of acedamia. I literally know dozens of "the opposition" personally. As parents they love their children with the same passion as I.
As far as proving my aversion to hate mongering you did it in your own text. All the instances you mentioned as behavior are not illegal and your rhetoric was not inflamed or derogatory. If Rosencrance would have been as articulate and as reasonable as you we would simply be involved in a debate instead of slander and hate. I would not have said a thing.

Kimberley| 10.1.09 @ 11:28AM

Yes, it is vile--but look to see the "fruits" of the laws being passed. Can you argue otherwise with the pornography "freedoms", the abortion laws , the disrespect of our elderly and sick--are these all for the common good and aim in sustaining an orderly society? Wake up America we've been on thin ice for along time. Reach for the Goodness and Light that helps bring true peace, Are we not walking into continued madness that will ultimately destroy our very selves?
and aim in sustaining

Chet| 10.2.09 @ 10:49PM

Michael: Simple, distilled logic, to wit:
(1) Your kind Kills babies....
(2) Ours doesn't....
Put that in your slander/hate pipe & do deep knee bends over it...

Kimberley| 10.1.09 @ 11:17AM

Sad ,but true. Let's pray and invoke Our Lord and Lady through Masses and the Holy Rosary.

KyMouse| 10.1.09 @ 11:55AM

Personally, I stick with prayers to Jesus, and to following Him and the Bible. One important warning is in Proverbs 24:11-12:

"Deliver those who are drawn toward death, and hold back those stumbling to the slaughter. If you say, 'Surely we did not know this,' does not He who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, does He not know it? And will He not render to each man according to his deeds?"

Jim O'Brien| 10.1.09 @ 8:13AM

As President Reagan said (to paraphrase), it's funny how all those in favor of abortion have already been born. And, why is it that liberals oppose the death penalty for criminals, but favor the death penalty for unborn children?

Charlotte White| 10.1.09 @ 10:07AM

Excellent point Mr. O'Brien. Liberals are their own "god" & are so due to their refusal to follow the ten commandments laid down by "God" as a wonderful guide for all of us in the pursuit of happiness. As is said, the commandments aren't just suggestions, they are the law of God.

I wonder if that is why liberals are usually the ones that bend the law for their own advantage despite whether it is right or wrong.

Sue| 10.1.09 @ 8:33AM

My only comment - if you want to destroy your baby's soul and become a "soul destroyer" do it using your own dime, not mine.

Sometimes when you're restricted from doing something because of "access/resources/i.e. money" it ends up being the most rewarding "non-decision - circumstantial outcomes" ever made.

Appleby| 10.1.09 @ 10:06AM

Kanukistan currently has no restrictions of any kind on abortion, and everyone is forced to pay for it regardless.

Nevertheless, this summer the Sisters of Life, who work tirelessly with volunteers -- men and women, young and old -- to support and assist women who seek another answer, reports that five babies were born who were scheduled for the gas chamber. We provide everything from personal support to furniture moving, help in finding a job, diapers, baby food, prayer, a place to live and maternity clothes ... when the word comes down to us, we respond.

There is an old Jewish saying "Who saves a single life, saves the world entire."

I am very proud to say that I have helped this summer to save the world entire.

What have you done, you personal self?

KyMoue| 10.1.09 @ 12:02PM

Nice to "see" you again, Appleby; I often quote your comment from another site -- "Lamps filled and wicks trimmed, people." (I think that was you, right?)

A good question for all of us -- "What have you done, your personal self?" Thanks to the good Lord's direction, I've been working part-time at the local Right to Life office for the past decade, and occasionally get my op ed pieces about abortion published in our city paper. I also put pro-life brochures and materials in waiting rooms (I volunteer in a hospital), and have joined a church that provides the main support for two pregnancy-care (crisis pregnancy) centers. And I try to persuade friends, relatives and folks at online comment sites about abortion facts. But there is still much more to do.....

KyMouse| 10.1.09 @ 12:03PM

Oops, sorry, got my own name wrong.

Darin| 10.1.09 @ 8:53AM

The Preamble of the Constitution says it applies "to ourselves and our posterity."

Posterity by definition is future generations (those not born at the time the Constitution was adopted).

If the unborn are not considered part of "posterity," what are they? Property? I think you can see where this is going.

Black| 10.1.09 @ 10:08AM

The Constitution is trampled on - Democracy is none existent - Americans are being murdered before they take their first breath - Pro Life is a crime - Those in Power encouraging the public to inform on each other, The Christian way of Life is being extinguished - The Supreme Court is a laughing stock that allows Murder by Choice, Porn on the net for perverts, No Prayer in schools, Outlawing of Christian symbols - Presidents dancing to the tune of secret groups - This is not the America I grow up with this not Freedom this licence to do What you want and to hell with the consequences - American has Have lost it - if we need to throw the Tea overboard again then so be it

bob| 10.1.09 @ 10:23AM

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Matthew T.| 10.1.09 @ 10:24AM

Before we all start pitching tea over the rails, I would offer that if we have time to wax tragical in these comment boxes then we might also have time to call our senators to voice our disapproval.
This is no time for a party: rather, brew some of that tea, and get on the phone.

http://www.senate.gov/general/.....rs_cfm.cfm

Dora | 10.1.09 @ 11:03AM

Good advice, Matthew; however, I have a stack of responses to my phone calls, emails, and to hard copy letters which I have sent to my congressman. All he does is tell me how he has or will vote (which I already know) and "cuts and pastes" the standard talking points. It is so frustrating when legislators do not listen to their constituents and just do what they want. It's time for a real change--no, it's way late! More advice: be careful how you vote in 2010!

Matthew T.| 10.1.09 @ 3:23PM

Dora,

As one who knows, I caution you not to measure your effect on policy by the blunt ruler of canned response literature. When the phones keep ringing, even the unjust legislator can be moved to just action.

Appleby| 10.2.09 @ 7:51AM

Remember the parable of the Persistent Widow. Google it if you have forgotten.

Black| 10.1.09 @ 4:25PM

What planet are you on Matthew T. Those in power and in the Supreme Court have not been listening for 40 years - Today Obama and his team have consistently lied to the American people - they have been caught lying on LIVE TV wake M T before they put the micro chip in you

Louis Jenkins| 10.1.09 @ 4:45PM

Our wise and all knowning leaders in the District of Crimminals give not a care about our opinions on the sanctity of life, nor on the moral issues of abortion. The Federal Government through the years has grown strong and determined to replace decency and justice with lawyerly regulations, spending programs, and initiatives. They preen and strut on the stage of politics, appear to be wise, and beneficent, yet their hearts are cruel and black. They approve of abortion and allow its government funding to continue. It is a cross mark against a moral and just society. We the tax payers are forced to be compliant in this wholesale slaughter with our very wealth. Our groans of burden and protests falls on deaf ears and yet the Government approved slaughter machine continues to produce useless lumps of flesh that were once humans with souls. Our rulers have reduced us to slavery, and forced us to support that institution of carnage.

Jacqueline| 10.1.09 @ 5:07PM

Right is considered wrong, evil is considered good, murder is okay, non payment of taxes by the select few is okay, lies and trickery work and truth and honesty have disappeared...I hope that you remember this on Election Day!
I just signed a new petition for a change that I can believe in. How about you? Actions speak louder than words. Amen?

Yosemeti Sam| 10.3.09 @ 11:11AM

In ' the end' do these slaughter bent
democrats - on unborn humans - not envision
their recompense from the ultimate creator?

LastJudgement| 10.3.09 @ 10:14PM

The Mother says "I cannot have you, you will be in my way. You will ruin my freedom. You will be an added expense that I cannot afford. You are not loved. I will kill you. It is legal therefore my conscience will be assuaged. Only you and I will know."

The baby says "But Mother, you caused me to happen, and I wish to live! How can you do this to me? You know that you will never forget me. Each year on this date you will be reminded of me, and you will mourn. You will never again be the same, please, please don't, Mother! I don't care what the law says, I want to live, please, Mother!"

God says "It is true. If you do this you will become a murderer and I will not let you enter my Kingdom."

The Mother says "It is my choice. It is my body. It is what I want. It is legal in this country. Therefore I will do it."

The baby pleads yet more with the Mother "No Mother, no! It is not your choice, that is a lie! God made me and it is against Him to kill me. It is not your choice! I choose life! I want to be born and to live my life as you do! Please, Mother, I beg of you!"

The Mother has an abortion and within a few months is seeing psychiatrists twice a week, sometimes three times, and she cannot sleep at night. She begins taking anti-depressants just to try and make it through work each day. A few years later she has a failed relationship, and a few years after that another. Then, a failed Marriage. She cannot trust any man. The Father to be had helped to pay for the abortion and she cannot allow herself to love or be loved because of what she has done. She wishes she never had the abortion. Her daughter would have been a teenager right about now. But the world tells her she did nothing wrong.
But she knows.
Was it worth it?

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