Abortion: If at First You Don’t Succeed
June 11, 2008
You know how your tongue always finds that chipped tooth. Then having found it returns to its rough irregular edge. Occasionally your mind will snag on a line in a column the same way. And return to it the same way.
This column was written by William McGurn and ran in today’s (6/10) WSJ, on the op-ed pages.
“- as a member of the Illinois Senate, he (Obama) voted against legislation protecting a child who was born alive despite an abortion –“
I reread that line several times, convinced I’d misread it. It seemed counterintuitive, appalling and uncomplicated.
The balance of the piece concerned itself with the Senator reintroducing religion to the public square (after his party attempted to drive it out, with calumny and caricature).
All the talk of faith, morality and the abiding religious influence in American history come to nothing beside that vote: that denied protection to a child born alive despite an abortion.
Perhaps the Senator owes us an explanation, not another speech. I recommend it not be nuanced, qualified or overly clever.
