The "Health of the Mother" pro-abortion myth

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Based on your reply, it appears the problem lays with those who break the current law by manipulating loopholes. If 90% admits to this, can you explain why they haven't been prosecuted?

Because, sadly, there is nothing to "admit", nothing to prosecute. ANY declaration of mental health issues is legally acceptable. There is no public record of anyone since Roe v. Wade ever being denied an abortion because their reason was inadequate.

The "health of the mother" exception is a myth, a propaganda lie issued by the abortion industry. By claiming such a compelling "excuse" for abortion with this hard case, pro-abortion forces hope to catch those good souls who are repelled by abortion, to tempt them to admit - at least in this one, worst case instance - that abortion is OK. But, as the Catholic Church teaches, abortion is an intrinsic evil. There are no circumstances, no rationales, no scenarios under which it is permissible to deliberately take innocent human life. None.

Think of the absurd scenario propagated by the abortion lobby: operating room table...surgeon, sweat being mopped off his brow, soaked in blood up to his elbows...he rises up and in anguish exclaims: "I've done all I can do. At this point, I must kill either the mother or the child!" Ridiculous. It's just not a plausible scenario. The doctor seeks to the bitter end to save both mother and child, or simply delivers the child.

The lack of real physical "health of the mother" issues has been borne out by the Supreme Court decision Gonzales v. Carhart, upholding the Constitutionality of the Partial Birth Abortion Ban (which Obama has pledged to overturn via FOCA). Remember, a previous decision, Stenberg v. Carhart, struck down Nebraska's ban on PBA precisely because it had no exception for the health of the mother. I have read more than one legal analysis pointing out that the later Gonzalez decision invited, practically appealed, for pro-abortion groups to bring cases against the law that would define the health of the mother exception. The abortion industry response? Silence. Not a single case to test the limits of the ban. If they were truly wringing their hands at the prospect of mothers dying by the dozens because they were denied partial birth abortion, would they not be filing cases left and right to try to carve out more exceptions? Their own silence condemns them.

There are laws to not steal or kill and yet it still happens. So will changing the ruling have any affect on those who would do it regardless of rules or laws?

So, shall we repeal the law against murder? No, because beyond enforcement, there is the moral statement made by society: we, the people, are opposed to murder. But in our nation, tragically, we add "except of the most innocent and helpless among us: the unborn. You can murder them with impunity."

In 1992, the Supreme Court reaffirmed Roe v. Wade in the Casey v. Planned Parenthood decision. However, it was Casey that allowed states to pass parental consent laws, informed consent laws, waiting periods and other reasonable restrictions against this heinous crime. Those democratically passed laws are what reduced the rate of abortion since 1992. See "Pro-Life Laws Work". And those constraints, all of them, will be completely erased with passage of FOCA. Indeed, after Obama signs FOCA, Catholic hospitals around the country will have two choices: either perform abortions...or close.

God gave us free will so we could choose the right direction. As for those who don't understand the consequences of their decision, action should be taken to at least try to counsel them. Then you would be speaking out.

Again: FOCA will repeal all laws passed to force abortion clinics to provide information in favor of life. So much for the mother making an informed "choice".

But I do stand outside the abortion mill, my friend, along with a lot of other Christians. I am prevented by our government from approaching the abortion clinic closely enough to speak to their customers as they walk inside (the only instance where such restrictions of Freedom of Speech and Freedom to Assemble have been allowed: to thwart the Prolife movement). But I pray, loudly, and hold up signs and do what I can to try to remind them they are letting someone kill their child.

That could help on a local basis but if you really want to do something, write your local congressman and start something to get FOCA amended.

We are already working toward that, but with the even-greater Democratic majority in both Houses of Congress, stopping FOCA will require divine assistance. The only reason it was not passed before now is that they knew Bush would veto it, but now Obama has proclaimed that he wants to sign FOCA as one of his first acts of office. Actually, Obama has said his first day in office he will sign an Executive Order lifting Bush's ban on Embryo-Destructive Stem Cell Research...but that's a whole 'nother debate.