by Danny Lockwood, TCW
NEWS that abortions are now officially legal to the point, presumably, of a pregnancy being overdue and mum suddenly not feeling the love, should be etched for ever in the national record as a crime against humanity. Shame on us.
I don’t want to dive into the complexities of limited term abortions, pro-life/pro-choice arguments, the religious aspects, a woman’s rights, etc. For now I am simply horrified by the idea of a healthy, fully formed child being murdered – executed – by and with the explicit authority of the state.
At the risk of causing stomach-churning offence, can I inquire how they intend to go about it? Apparently 87 per cent of British abortions are carried out courtesy of simply ingesting a pill, commonly available online. And there you go, baby flushed down the loo! Why bother with contraception, eh? Take your chances and pop a kill pill, possibly alongside your Saturday night Ecstasy tab, hey girls? Shocking.
But a baby having spent nine months taking full human form, hours or minutes away from greedily suckling at its mother’s breast, a beautiful child with all the promise and love and hope a new life brings? Barbaric.
So, the murder. Details please. Is it a medic applying a deadly injection into the child, before inducing ‘mum’ into shelling a corpse? Where’s the Hippocratic Oath there, doc? Maybe just cut the dead baby out, if our vain not-a-mama wants a tummy tuck in the process? I mean, who wants a flabby belly hanging around when there’s nothing to show for it? Embarrassing or what?