Thanks to the Pearcey Report for pointing this out. According to news source WNDU of South Bend Indiana, a “Republican lawmaker has filed a bill to outlaw abortion, but Governor Daniels says he believes it has little chance of winning passage.”

The articles goes on to note that the “bill by Representative Troy Woodruff of Vincennes would change Indiana’s feticide law to make it a Class C felony to perform an abortion.”

All of this takes place under the cloud of the impending Alito confirmation hearings. In fact, Woodruff says that he filed the bill exactly because the make-up of the Supreme Court is changing.

The most disturbing element about this story is “My Man” Mitch Daniels‘ remarks that “he supports the right to life but questions whether any time or money spent on Woodruff’s bill would lead anywhere.” A clear-cut case of politics directing convictions rather than the other way around. Rather than pursue what is right, Daniels has chosen to play politics abandon what he considers to be a losing bid.

While thinking about this, yesterday morning my wife and I were watching Fox News. Apparently in their effort to be “fair and balanced,” in covering the Alito hearings they had two women commentators. One (I apologize, I don’t remember her name) was simply labeled “Feminist.” I’m not sure if that actually qualifies her to appear as a commentator on national news, but apparently it does.

Using the typical “Alito will revoke human rights” argument, the “Feminist” made a shocking statement. She said that “the vast majority of women overwhelmingly support the right to control their bodies.” Two things immediately struck me, one of which I’ll only mention, the second I’ll only touch upon briefly.

First, she (as Abortion-rights advocates always do) used intentionally misleading language. While it may be true that “the vast majority of women overwhelmingly” want to be able to control their bodies, this is not the same thing as being able to argue that the vast majority of women support abortion. The arguments are entirely separate and we must point this out better than we have.

Second; though I have not sought statistics (which I’m sure we could use to prove just about anything we wanted), I truly doubt the veracity of her statement. In fact, I would be willing to argue that the majority of women (and people as a whole) oppose abortion (considering for many, the possible exception of the mother’s life being threatened or a case of rape). The irony here should be unmistakable. Here is a woman arguing against Alito because she fears that her “rights” will be taken away. That not only implies that abortion (murder) is a right but also that people support it.

The truth of the argument should be astounding to any observer. Abortion-rights advocates almost universally support organizations such as the ACLU and vehemently oppose government imposing just about anything upon “free” citizens. Unless of course it’s something they support. Americans did not, have not and I venture to guess, would not vote to legalize abortion. It was thrust upon us by the Supreme Court. There was no public debate, there was no vote. This should outrage the very people who are now the ones trying to keep this law in place!

The irony is sickening. Those who most vehemently claim to support our “rights” are the same ones vehemently supporting activist judges simply because it’s in their favor. Too bad irony carries little weight in public discourse. It must be recognized first.

Read the original WNDU piece.
Read Why Pro Life? Caring For The Unborn and Their Mothers by Randy Alcorn.
Read Ten Reasons Why It Is Wrong to Take the Life of Unborn Children by John Piper.
Visit Abort73.com’s website.