If I remain silent one more minute I may just implode. My heart is heavy with grief for the
incomparable way our society has approached two very different losses of
life. I would imagine you are familiar
with the recent media reports concerning Cecil the lion who was killed during a
large game hunting expedition and the undercover video taken at a Planned
Parenthood (PPH) abortion clinic. The PPH video captured the pricing
negotiation for body parts of aborted babies.
In the story about the lion, reporters use his name, Cecil,
and refer to him as, and I quote, “protected, gentle, famous, beloved, majestic,
popular and father of 6 cubs,” (Fox News).
You see using the lion’s name helps the viewers connect with him and the
unfortunate and illegal circumstances of his death.
In the PPH undercover video, an aborted child is referred to
as 11.6. He is shown in a petri dish
legally dismembered by the abortion procedure and totally unprotected. He is called 11.6 because he was 11 weeks and
6 days old at the time of the abortion.
He will not be named and will never grow up to father children or be
called beloved or gentle. His body parts
will however be sold for profit. Where
is the outcry?
The press did a wonderful job describing Cecil to the world;
please allow me a minute to describe 11.6 to you. He is a little one that is
sensitive to the touch, he squints, swallows, frowns, and puckers up his
brow. His young voice box is forming. He can stretch out and even shows breathing
-like movements. His tiny baby teeth are
forming in his gums. His heart is almost
completely formed and resembles a small version of a newborn baby’s heart. He is about 2.5 inches in length and his main
job is just to grow bigger and stronger until the day of his birth.
Sure, we attempted to defund PPH, a slap on the wrist for
the disrespect of life they have shown. Attempting to take away government funds caused a great outcry from those
who say this is “another attack on women’s health.” Let’s be realistic, the government is giving PPH
a half billion dollars of tax payers money each year, money that is “not to
fund abortion services.” However, a half
of billion dollars surely helps pay the bills and in turn frees up resources for
advertising, social media campaigns or hiring personnel that actually results in
increased abortion services. For example
when Solutions receives a grant for new computers, it allows us to channel a
greater portion of our resources to services. Don’t be fooled by the semantics. Tax dollars may not be used to directly provide
abortions, but the money is given to an abortion provider, and abortion and
selling aborted baby body parts is their business.
Where is our outcry for 11.6, dehumanized by a number
instead of a name? Where is the outcry
to protect the unborn like we protect wildlife? Where is our respect for the
dignity and sanctity of life? This
little one, created in God’s own image, was not only aborted but also dissected
and his body parts sold for profit.
The heartfelt sentiment over Cecil led people to place
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