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Jewish World Review May 16, 2013/ 7 Sivan 5773 Gosnell's 'clinic of horrors' By Cal Thomas
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It was the pictures and riveting testimony that convinced a How ironic that the Gosnell decision was delivered the day after The two-month trial has reignited the abortion debate. But while many states have managed to impose some restrictions on abortion clinics and establish informed consent laws and in some cases require a woman to view a sonogram before aborting an unborn child, abortion on demand for almost any reason and at almost any stage of pregnancy remains legal in every state. Maybe you heard about the Gosnell trial, maybe you didn't. Big media (except for Fox) certainly didn't give it a lot of play. One big media outlet,
Veterinary clinics appear better regulated than many abortion clinics in this country, but the cleanliness and age of the buildings and instruments isn't the point. It's the estimated 55 million children -- and counting -- who are denied their right to live. Some pagan cultures of old practiced child sacrifice to appease ancient deities. What happened at Gosnell's clinic was a modern version of child sacrifice to our "god" of convenience and self-interest. In this case, as in all other clinics and hospitals that perform abortions, the practice is also for the purpose of appeasing the abortion on demand "gods" who champion "a woman's right to choose" rather than a child's right to live. Choose what? Choose death over life, oneself over the life of an innocent? Why destroy a baby when there are thousands of loving parents out there willing to adopt a child? "Former clinic employees testified that Gosnell routinely performed illegal abortions past This sounds like something out of a Nazi death camp. Yet our views on abortion, apparently, hold firm. The
All circumstances? Gosnell snipped the spines of aborted babies, many born viable at 24 weeks. " Oversight, yes, but we also need a rollback on abortions, especially on late-term abortions. Viable lives should be saved. The Gosnell trial should be a turning point in the abortion wars. Pro-life members of The time has come. More babies and women can and must be saved.
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JWR contributor Cal Thomas is co-author with Bob Beckel, a liberal Democratic Party strategist, of "Common Ground: How to Stop the Partisan War That is Destroying America". Comment by clicking here.
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