…And Then You Can Kill the Baby

What is urgently needed and must pass the U.S. Congress is the Life at Conception Act. All other bills that incrementally try to limit or restrict abortions, as well-intentioned as they might be, still fall short of preserving life. I had heard a Pro-Life leader in Colorado declare that we should take no solace in passing such laws as:

· Parental Notification Laws

· Mandatory Waiting Period Before Having an Abortion

· Requiring Certain Information be Provided to Anyone Seeking an Abortion

· Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act

In Life Decisions International’s The Caleb Report (November – December 2006) they discuss the Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act, which Pro-Life U.S. Senator Sam Brownback, R-Kansas introduced last year. The article states, “The bill, S. 51, would require those who take the lives of preborn children who are at least 20 weeks old to tell the mother seeking the death of her child that the “fetus” feels pain. This would be communicated both verbally and through a brochure developed by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The bill would also require that the mother be asked if she would like anesthesia to be given to the fetus.

“In a statement to the media, LDI President Douglas R. Scott, Jr., expressed “mixed feelings” about the legislation, “I have no doubt that preborn children can feel pain. In fact, I believe our brothers and sisters who reside in the womb feel pain long before 20 weeks gestation,” he said, “I also believe a mother should be given as much information as possible regarding the method(s) used to kill her child and that true nature of the preborn life.””

Why should we not take comfort in the presentation and even in the passage of such laws? Because the outcome of all of these laws still is:do this (wait, inform, anesthetize, etc) and then you can kill the baby. It may ease the conscience of some. However, all such laws are inadequate; it still usually ends with a death sentence for the preborn baby. Only the Life at Conception Act adequately addresses the abortion issue. Urge you representatives to cosponsor and support this vital life-preserving bill.