[Peace-discuss] Re: [Peace] Re: Memorial in Champaign-Urbana

[Neil Parthun]

Carl et al.

There is a significant difference.

Dr. Tiller's procedures were done for certain situations:
-the fetus was dead in the womb and it would ridiculous for the woman  
to carry it to term
-the woman found out she had a disease (i.e. cancer) late in the  
pregnancy and having the child may kill her
-the woman was a victim of rape/incest -- I've had the opportunity to  
hear from some doctors who worked with him who discussed a 10 and 11  
year old child who was raped by a family member.  He performed the  
procedure so they could have the opportunity for a normal life.

These were done for documented medical reasons that are widely  
considered to be valid when one looks at the facts rather than the  
hysteria of "Tiller the Baby Killer".

The usage of US forces, as documented many times by Carl himself, in  
the name of empire is the use of intimidation and violence to achieve  
geo-political goals for the service of a nation state.

Such fundamental differences are glossed over here.  I understand the  
consistent life ethic from people like Fr. Berrigan, but this  
position is almost non-existent in today's political structure.

Today's "pro-life" movement has many inconsistencies (i.e. for the  
birth of children, but for the death penalty, for the wars in Iraq/ 
Afghanistan/Pakistan, etc.) and as such, there are significant  
difficulties in equating the two deaths and the issue of war/abortion  
here.


Solidarity,
   -N.

Neil Parthun
   Sports/politics writer, UC-IMC

"There are many victories worse than a defeat." - George Eliot

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