There was a lot of debate around the Mississippi legislation that would have defined life at conception. I’is no secret that this was nothing but a method to move to make abortion illegal. The pro-life folks want to codify that life exists and therefore, that life has claim to individual Liberty.
While I resonate with the concept I diverge in two areas:
- I don’t think that human life begins at conception. Shortly thereafter? Sure. Heartbeat, brain activity and blood flowing? Yeah, then. Then’ish.
- We don’t have to work that hard to make this point.
There is already bi-partisan support for this concept. In fact, that support passed new legislation into law that will take effect here in North Carolina tomorrow, December 1.
RALEIGH, N.C. — More than four years after a pregnant woman was killed outside a Raleigh convenience store, a law named for her unborn son that criminalizes the murder of a fetus will take effect Thursday.
State lawmakers passed the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, often referred to as Ethen’s Law, in April. The legislation deems that anyone who commits murder, manslaughter or assault against a pregnant woman is guilty of the same crimes against the fetus, regardless of whether an attacker knows about the pregnancy.
I do not find it consistent to be charged with a crime against a human being unless you committed that crime against, you know, a human being.
We all know, ALL of us, that life begins well before literal conception. What we’re doing is just negotiating on the time. As such, we know that the kid in the womb is just that, a kid.
So, we’re not arguing about what’s going on when there is an abortion, a child is dying. We’re just saying we’re okay with the taking of that life when it suits us. It would be refreshing, as if, the Liberal Left would be honest and admit that.