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People protest against abortion as U. S. Vice President Kamala Harris visits an abortion clinic in Minneapolis on March 14. It’s the first time a president or vice president has visited an abortion clinic. (OSV News/Reuters/Nicole Neri)
The Christian birthday of Easter speaks of new life, but the world is still awash with concepts about death, where it occurs because of war and famine, and how to achieve it (think euthanasia and abortion).
Politicians may be wringing their hands in the face of war and famine, but they continue to pay for bombs while offering humanitarian aid. If life is precious, why is it so hard to make the right choice?
In the U. S. , a mix of opinions on life’s issues clouds discussions at the national and state levels.
Since the Supreme Court left the factor of legalizing abortion in the hands of the states, a few have enacted laws opposing abortion, while others have to enshrine it.
The state constitutions of California, Michigan, Ohio, and Vermont allow abortion, and most other states allow it legally, some later in pregnancy. In the 14 states that ban abortion, some laws are so excessive that they endanger the lives of mothers.
IVF, combined with abortion, can come as close to eugenics as any science fiction can predict. Do war and famine play a role in this scenario?
One wonders why politicians are allowed to make medical decisions. It turns out that the United States can’t protect its own citizens from state legislatures, but it’s a fact.
As the concept that human life is dead spreads across the country, state legislatures have taken it upon themselves to figure out how to end it. Following Canada’s lead, several American states are joining the euthanasia movement.
For example, the New York State Assembly now has a bill on “medical assistance in dying” on committee. “Medical assistance in dying” is explained as “the medical practice of a physician prescribing medication to a qualified user that that user would possibly decide. “then self-administer to induce death. ” (That’s what we call it: assisted suicide. )
New York is alone. Illinois, New Hampshire, Maryland, Michigan and Virginia have all talked about it. Ten states — California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Vermont, Washington — as well as the District of Columbia, allow it.
Despite politicians’ avowed interest in caring for the innocent when war, famine, or political unrest breaks out, it turns out that there is an avalanche toward those who may be deemed useless, whether through abortion or assisted suicide.
And then there’s IVF, the human in vitro fertilization procedure that produces more viable fertilized eggs than any mother can carry. Selective relief of implanted embryos turns out to have given way to selective implantation. The remaining embryos are frozen or destroyed to be a major pathway.
All of this echoes chilling reminiscence of Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, which includes “lethal conditioning” and the happiness-inducing drug, soma, used and sprayed on the crowd. Remember the selective breeding Huxley was talking about, with Alphas at most. Do you feel the caste formula and the epsils below?
IVF, combined with abortion, can come as close to eugenics as any science fiction can predict. Do war and famine play a role in this scenario?
Do politicians care about this?
There is no difference between the policies on IVF and abortion in the two major political parties. Support for assisted suicide is a bit murkier, at least nationally. But this trend is playing out on both sides of local legislatures.
It’s the first thing and a “personal choice. “
Which begs the question: who is the choice for?
Human life is human life. It’s not about “personality. “It’s a matter of that, whether embryonic, fetal, reduced, or endangered: humans are human.
To deny this is to deny one’s position among the stars.
The Christian Easter feast of the resurrection of Jesus Christ includes a promise of life after death. Whether we agree or disagree with what religions teach, we all have a legal responsibility to humanity until the end of our limited lives.