An Ugly Future in a Violent Present

Americans recently got a glimpse of the ugly future we will see if the pro-abortion movement consolidates its position in the upcoming elections. According to Lifenews, the Feminist Majority recently held its young women's leadership conference at the National Education Association. The featured speaker? The infamous abortionist, George Tiller. Tiller regaled the crowd with slides of aborted babies. He condemned "live birth abortion," the process of prematurely birthing babies, as a "sloppy technique," and said "the guy that did that ought to have his head beat up." He also condemned medical care for newborn handicapped babies. He says they're burdens on women and society. It is sad to hear such evil during the holiest week of the year for Christians, the week in which we remember what it means to love others, that is, to be willing to bear their burdens. The handicapped, whether as infants or adults, are not burdens; they are human beings. They are members of our society, our culture, our country. They are not less worthy of love, respect, and care because they are handicapped. But what kind of world will it be where "young women leaders" are told to work for a time when babies are killed rather than cared for? Tiller seems to have forgotten that federal law prohibits the "live birth abortion" he condemned as "sloppy." The Born Alive Infants Protection Act was passed during the Bush administration. It requires standard medical care to be given to babies who survive abortions. But perhaps it is too much to expect him to remember, when the Bush administration itself has done little to enforce the Act and to educate the public about it.