Say Goodbye to Limbo

I've long used Limbo as an example of an aspect of faith which helps explain why I believed abortion is murder while also holding fast to my belief that a woman ought to have a right to choose. My statement was always something along the lines of "The Catholic Church doesn't believe a baby who dies before it is baptized will get into heaven. Why is an unborn life more valuable than an unbaptized baby?" The answer was always because it was something we believed and didn't know for sure. And that meant there was a gray area into which other concepts like "life begins at conception" could easily fit. The Catholic church, of which I'm no longer a practicing member, dropped Limbo today. As of right this minute, hundreds of years of teachings and belief go right out the window. So, as far as abortion is concerned, Limbo is still an example I can use to support my dual beliefs. The fact is, if the church can change its mind on this, how do I know they won't change their minds about life beginning at conception one of these days?

Further, I wanted to take a minute to put out a thought on Partial Birth Abortion (PBA). What an absolutely immoral and disgusting practice! The only thing more immoral or disgusting than PBA is outlawing PBA. I'll bet that just pissed off a few folks reading this right now. Allow me to explain...

The right wing nuts I can't stand always talk about doctors performing this type of abortion like they're murderers. Doing so without conscience and almost gleeful to be killing a baby. It's infanticide with a smile! Well, that may be true somewhere but I simply don't believe it's the standard. The fact is this type of abortion is done only in the most extreme situations. It's a decision a would-be mother and her doctor need to make, usually between: does the mother die during childbirth or not. It really is that simple. And there often are circumstances surrounding the pregnancy that suggest that the baby will die as well. So, the best thing we can do in our society is to take away that woman's right to make that terrible decision by herself... No, we want a bunch of pinhead Republican politicians making that decision for her so they can appeal to the ugliest, knuckle-dragger part of their base possible!

These same Republicans wouldn't blink an eye if a child playing with a toy gun was killed by a police officer who thought the gun was real. But what's different? It's a decision between "him or me" and the end result is an innocent child is killed. These same Republicans don't blink an eye when hearing of collateral damage in Iraq. Women and children are killed... but that's just a cost of war.

So, once again, I can't seem to get out of the middle.