On the recent, auspicious 40th anniversary of the legalization of abortion in the United States, I was struck by something our President stated. Speaking in context of the grizzly Sandy Hook Elementary shootings, he remarked:
Applying his comments to this different context, our President is frighteningly correct: this is how we will be judged, and these voices should compel us to change.
This is our first task as a society: Keeping our children safe. This is how we will be judged. And their voices should compel us to change. (http://m.cbsnews.com/fullstory.rbml?catid=57564298)Why do I draw this connection? I agree with our President: one primary task of our society, even of any society, is to keep our children safe. However, it is disturbing how we pick-and-choose who qualifies as "children" we should be keeping safe. Why are children outside the womb people whom we keep safe, while children inside the womb are at risk of death, often with little-to-no protection from our society? Why are they denied the basic human right of life? This picking-and-choosing of who qualifies for human rights, and who does not, is an ethical evil.
Applying his comments to this different context, our President is frighteningly correct: this is how we will be judged, and these voices should compel us to change.
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