News that I missed, courtesy of The Babylon Bee:
U.S. — The thousands of babies alive today because of the Dobbs ruling have apologized to Republicans for contributing to their lackluster midterm results.
“We are so sorry that our not being murdered may have cost Republicans a few seats in the House,” said the babies in a joint statement. “We know it can’t make up for it, but perhaps ten thousand children escaping a violent death will somehow ease the blow.”
While the Dobbs decision was expected to hurt Republicans, the babies born because of the ruling did admit to being caught off guard by voters. “We get it, we do cry a lot,” said the babies. “We just had no idea that people would turn out in droves to vote Democrat, purely out of anger that no one got to crush our skulls. While that seems totally insane, what do we know – we’re just helpless babies.”
Though Americans came into the election generally displeased with the direction of the country, exit polls showed that the opportunity to murder a baby motivated a large contingent of voters to stick with the Democrats anyways. “Sure the country is in terrible shape, but what if you wanted to shoot a baby in the face and you couldn’t?” asked local woman Rhonda McMullin. “I may not have electricity and might get mugged every hour, but it’s all worth it to know I can kill a kid whenever I please. My sacred rights as a woman are safe and secure.
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It’s been noted here and elsewhere how often the very skilled satirists at the Bee strike so close to the truth that it’s hard to tell the difference. This would be the best example yet, in my opinion. This is, perhaps crudely stated, exactly what those foolish young people were thinking. It’s one of the crowning indictments of our age, not to mention of the Church that has failed abjectly to preach the Truth for at least the past sixty-some years. This is on the “shepherds” who helped to allow it to happen. All of them.
Frank: Quite correct. I would only add that the tacit approval given by some of our clerics to pro-abortion candidates is a good part of the problem. Cdl. Gregory stands out with his attitude that other social issues are more important than a vigorous condemnation of pro-abortion candidates, especially Catholic ones.