18And then come, and accuse me, saith the Lord: if your sins be as scarlet, they shall be made as white as snow: and if they be red as crimson, they shall be white as wool.
Isaiah 1: 18
Amen!
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
I’m glad Abby sees the error of her ways, but people who kill their own children still need to be held accountable. There has to be some sort of punishment associated with killing one’s children. Otherwise, the unborn remain second-class citizens.
I’m glad Abby sees the error of her ways, but people who kill their own children still need to be held accountable.
The slave holders were not held accountable following the Civil War and that was a wise policy. When you are attempting to change a societal evil approved by the law at the time, ending the evil must be the first priority. Pro-lifers who concentrate on punishing women who have had abortions play right into the hands of the pro-aborts.
It’s much safer to go after a woman who did something horrible, realized it, and set about trying to fix the problem.
And you get to preen while doing absolutely no good, and quite a bit of harm by helping trap anyone else who might recognize a wrong, and stop. Much less work to fix the problem.
Not exactly a new thing– like folks sometimes ask, where was the guy that was adultery-ing withthe Woman Caught In Adultery?
Also to add to Don’s point, ex post facto punishment is expressly forbidden in the Constitution. Article 1, Section 9:
“No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.”