Can anyone recall an instance where someone celebrated an abortion? Does anyone know of an expectant mother who threw a party and invited their friends out for drinks after they aborted their fetus? Come on, personally, by rumor, heard it through a friend about a friend that someone they knew had an abortion party? No? Why not, because the very thought is repulsive, disgusting, and reprehensible, maybe? Is it because even though an argument is made that the fetus is not viable, there is a deep loss associated with the procedure?
It is astonishing, really, how twisted some people have become around the issue of abortion. Their emotions are so overwhelming they have lost sight of all the other lives associated with an abortion. The expectant mother is demonized. The doctor is demonized. The entire Democratic Party is demonized. But no one on this list ever celebrates that a pregnancy was terminated. The feelings of grief, sadness, and loss are too strong to enable anyone to exhibit any joy or happiness related to the abortion. To be unaffected by news of an abortion is inhumane. It's a detached person who has no reaction to this kind of news.
These feelings arise out of compassion, of respect, of love, even. The somber attitude surrounding the event is reflective of our common humanity. It is good to feel this way, in this sense. It is right to feel the loss, even if all that was sacrificed was the <i>potential</i> for life. Succinctly, we recognize that this was a difficult choice that was made, regardless of the question was a human life taken, and we believe it should remain legal.
Now how about the <i>pro-Lifers?</i> What is their response to the death of Dr. Tiller, a fully formed person. How do they respond when a generous medical provider who served thousands of women during one of the most difficult times of their life, is killed? Celebration! It's time for hot wings and beer! So what can be said about these people who profess to be Pro-Life when they are the only ones celebrating death?
If I had been one to agree with their mission, this totally inapproriate behavior would have to make me think again. The expectant mother, the doctor, the Democratic Party have all displayed more compassion, respect and even love for the unborn then these pretenders have toward the dead doctor. They have shown sadness, grief, and loss, while these pretenders exhibit only joy in a very real, unquestionable loss of life. Can their attitude be described as compassionate, respectful or even loving toward Dr. Tiller's life?
We may never resolve the issue of whether an abortion represents the taking of human life. That debate will continue forever, but Dr. Tiller was definitely murdered. And, something that really confuses me sometimes, it was at the hands of a man who has never had to directly face the issue, because he has never been pregnant. His entire mission is related to something he could never, ever completely understand and yet, with the help of one very emphatic support group, he was driven to murder. The degree of dysfunction is astounding.
My hope is that people would take another look at how far some have gone to inject themselves into other people's decisions and personal life, and whether, given the bizarre response to the murder of Dr. Tiller, they might have lost their compassion, respect and even love of LIfe, because if one is to present that they love life, then Dr. Tiller's life needs to be acknowledged and an appropriate response made, one that ensures this travesty, this vigilante atrocity, never happens again. Otherwise, the description, Pro-Life, no longer fits.
