From Death to Life
Posted on April 19, 2007
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It seems almost ironic to me.
On Tuesday, we were in mourning as a nation for the horrific slaughter of human life that occurred on the Virginia Tech campus. On Wednesday, when the Supreme Court made a monumental decision for life, upholding the law against partial-birth abortion, it was met with howling and derision.
Sometimes our culture baffles me.
Maybe it is because we can see the horror of young students being shot, but we can’t see the horror of a healthy baby’s skull being collapsed to successfully complete a partial-birth abortion, a procedure for which a full description would be sickening to chronicle. In one case, the media gives us full coverage of as much as they can, including the blood and carnage and faces filled with tears. In the other case, we see nothing—we want to see nothing.
Robert Barnes, writing for the Washington Post today in what I suppose is deemed an unbiased journalistic take at reporting the Supreme Court decision, describes most abortions as simply “vacuuming out embryonic tissue.” Every case of “vacuuming” that I am familiar with is for the purpose of getting rid of dirt, dust, trash, and other unwanted refuge. Is that how we describe the destruction of human life? Well, I suppose it is when we would rather hide our eyes from what is really going on. Barnes goes on to state this about those who oppose the horrific slaughter of partial-birth abortion: “Opponents say it is a form of infanticide because the fetus could be alive at the time.” Huh? The baby “could” be alive? We are dealing with a fully formed baby here, brimming with life! Why describe it as just some remote possibility? Because we just aren’t interested in honestly dealing with this kind of slaughter, so we would rather use terms that describe abortion as some sort of garbage pick-up service.
Anyway, the U. S. Supreme Court got it right and affirmed the longstanding belief in this nation that life is sacred and to be protected. We may not have it all right, but this certainly is a step in the right direction.
Something in me hopes that God will see this as an act for righteousness by our national authorities and that He will therefore bless us because of it.
Oh, how desperately we need His blessing!
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Dr. Del Tackett is president of the Focus on the Family Institute and Senior Vice President to Focus on the Family. He is also the architect and chief spokesperson for Focus on the Family's The Truth Project--a nationwide initiative designed to bring the Christian worldview to the body of Christ.
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Thank you for this insightful commentary! We must all be in prayer that this step might be the first in a long journey back to sanity and sanctity for all human life. America has a lot of good things about it, but one wonders how long you can kill and torture the most innocent people, babies, in our midst, and expect to be preserved from His wrath, much less blessed.
Ultimately, though, the Truth will prevail, whatever happens here in the United States. That is a great Hope!
Blessings,
David
Thanks, Del, for this great piece. The words you use to describe the awful process and our joy are, both, well-measured and right. Thank for sharing your insights with us FOTFI grads who can’t always learn from you!