ROGUES AND RASCALS
When Recovery is the Enemy
"A single mother raised my 6 siblings and me, so I already knew how strong women are, and I also knew they could roar. They didn’t have to use the lives of the unborn to prove their mettle. Furthermore, the ghastly practice of pulling a fetus by its legs with a forceps until the head is visible, then, puncturing the skull with a sharp instrument in order to suck out the brain of the tiny being could never be viewed as an act of courage. By what stretch of the imagination is power derived from destroying a helpless fetus as it struggles for its first breath of air, instinctively expecting the maternal protection afforded by nature?"
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"A single mother raised my 6 siblings and me, so I already knew how strong women are, and I also knew they could roar. They didn’t have to use the lives of the unborn to prove their mettle. Furthermore, the ghastly practice of pulling a fetus by its legs with a forceps until the head is visible, then, puncturing the skull with a sharp instrument in order to suck out the brain of the tiny being could never be viewed as an act of courage. By what stretch of the imagination is power derived from destroying a helpless fetus as it struggles for its first breath of air, instinctively expecting the maternal protection afforded by nature?"
Read more of 'When Recovery is the Enemy'.
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