19-year old Canadian woman Katrina Effert has been charged with strangling her newborn son in her parents’ home, then throwing the corpse into the yard of one of a neighbor. Unbelievably, she will walk free due to the country’s abortion laws.Again, if we allow the killing of a child while it is in the womb why protect it just because it has traveled six inches down the birth canal? That makes zero sense. Things don't change simply because they change location. If I change my location from the living room to my bedroom has my essential personhood changed? Should I be seen as something different? Of course not! Then why do we do that with babies? They change location (from inside of the mother to outside of the mother) and then all of a sudden they should be protected once they emerge from the mother? Huh? (Tragically, in the mind of this judge from Canada, that baby SHOULDN'T be protected.)
Following the logic that it is perfectly okay to murder a life just before birth, why not just after as well?
According to the LifeSiteNews article, the judge in the case had this to say:
Canada’s lack of an abortion law indicates that “while many Canadians undoubtedly view abortion as a less than ideal solution to unprotected sex and unwanted pregnancy, they generally understand, accept and sympathize with the onerous demands pregnancy and childbirth exact from mothers, especially mothers without support.”“Where will it end: a one month old child whose parent has decided is not worthy of life, a six month old child, a two year old child, a special needs child or how about a teenager?” asked Jim Hughes [national president of Campaign Life Coalition].
When ending a human life becomes the subjective choice of another, where can we draw the line?
Well, it seems that this judge completely and horrifically understands the logical consequences of abortion. If you follow it to it's logical conclusion you end up with infanticide. Either we outlaw abortion or this will just keep happening. It has to. It only makes logical sense.
Think about it.
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Well, technically she won't walk free. She was twice convicted of murder by juries, but both charges were overturned in appeals because of psychiatric evaluations demonstrating she was mentally disturbed with postpartum psychosis.
The eventual sentence is that she will serve three years of community service for infanticide due to her time already spent in prison and psychiatric hospitals.
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All this means is the logical gap still exists in the minds of many - one minute the fetus has no rights - the next minute it is a baby deserving protection under the law.
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