Stenberg
decision will lead to infanticide epidemic
On the heels of
today's Stenberg v. Carhart decision is the more
shocking news that infanticide is spreading in America.
A 36 year-old mother recently testified in court that
she purposely started a fire in her home - five days
after she had an abortion - in order to kill four of her
remaining children. The LA Times reported that the woman
said on the stand that she was devastated by abortion.
"Abortion is, in fact, infanticide disguised as
'choice,'" said Cathy Brown, director of Why Life?
"There is a rising tide of infanticide throughout the
length and breadth of America. We need to be seriously
concerned about the Stenberg v. Carhart decision because
it has sent out the message that infanticide is
tolerable."
Brown urged Americans to "wake up and realize the
state of moral upheaval that abortion has brought to our
country." Brown said she fears "the Supreme Court
decision will likely spur other acts of infanticide as
Americans, especially teens, struggle to figure out what
behaviors are acceptable."
Brown cited infanticide cases in the news within the
past few months:
- In January, North Las Vegas police investigated
the death of a newborn girl found stuffed into a
plastic bag in her mother's closet.
- In April, teens Abagail V. Caliboso and Jose E.
Ocampo left their newborn to die at a Delaware
construction site.
- On April 25, a newborn's body was found in a
Mississauga River. Joggers found the baby, wrapped in
plastic bags and submerged in the river. Police have
been unable to find the mother.
- In April, a newborn baby, born in New York, was
stabbed to death with a pair of scissors.
- In May, Michelle Klewin, a Wisconsin mother, gave
birth to her baby in her apartment toilet and then
left him there to drown.
- On May 10, Kayonia Harvey, 19, stabbed her newborn
daughter repeatedly with a kitchen knife, placed her
in a garbage bag, and stuffed her under the house.
- In June, a young mother hurled her 16-month-old
baby boy into the Passaic River after she couldn't
find a baby sitter. The young boy was found dead more
than two miles downstream.
"The Supreme Court decision in Stenberg v. Carhart is
just one more step down the slippery slope," Brown said.
"The next logical step is the legalization of newborn
murder."
Brown called for Americans to stand up and defend
life, demanding a human life amendment that would
protect all human persons from fertilization/conception
until natural death.
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