Bill's Notes

Kathryn Jean Lopez links to a series of NY Times stories. The Times' articles report the story of a young woman who's been accepted into a prestigious graduate school. She had unprotected sex with a man whom she knew to be an unfit father, and became pregnant. What should she do?

The Times' writer proceeds to write two articles on the "dilemma," and asks for reader comments. In the third article, she reveals the woman's decision.

People of course praise her and themselves for their own wisdom, both before and after her decision. She ultimately decides to rationalize the murder of her baby, and then the applause really starts because of her "thoughtfulness" and "seriousness" at pondering the decision. Woman chime in that they had abortions and got their education and now live wonderful lives and are happy and never regretted it.

Wow. It's sickening. Maybe 10 percent of the commenters noted that the baby didn't have a choice and recognized her decision for the moral monstrosity it is.

Is this who NY Times readers are? I mean, these people's consciences are seared. Do they have any idea what they're saying? To applaud another's moral seriousness in choosing to kill?

I used to have this secular mindset. I used to understand it. But as Christ has shown me more and more, I recognize it as thoroughly depraved. So much so that the commenters on that article thoroughly sickened me.

The aborted children don't go away. They still live with God. We will have to answer to them, the most innocent and helpless members of our society, who've been declared property. Your right to life, liberty and property do not come from the government, and not from your mommy. They come from God.

To paraphrase blogger Mark Shea, the more I look on things like this, the more I understand the need for the desperate measure of the crucifixion. Even with Christ, we behave like this. God help us all.