From: dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger)
Newsgroups: talk.abortion
Subject: Re: I became pro-life...and pro-choice...
Date: 7 Jan 93 00:46:33 GMT
Reply-To: dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger)
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Organization: North Carolina State University

In article <1ickh8INN200@meaddata.meaddata.com> 
johnt@meaddata.com (John Townsend) writes:

> Abortion, among other things, reflects and contributes to the cheapening of
> human life in society, the natural consequence of which is that individuals
> become more likely to take or abuse the lives of others when others are in
> conflict with the individual's other desires.  Please read the article by Bob
> Greene that I have attached.  Although it has nothing to do with abortion, it
> has a lot to say about what is happening to the value of life.
> [.. article deleted ..]

There's another article in the Jan. 3 edition of the Chicago Tribune
about the killings of children in the Chicago area during 1992, some
of them newborn babies killed shortly after birth by their parents.  
Here are just a few stories:

  Baby Doe, newborn
  The female baby was drowned only moments after being born in a
  bathroom at 2919 W. Monroe St.  Her 15-year-old mother has been
  convicted of involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to one
  year of probation.

  Baby boy Keller, newborn
  Kimberly Keller, 19, was charged with using scissors to stab
  her newborn son to death only moments after he was born at her
  home, 10441 S. Cottage Grove Avenue.

  John and Jessica Gevas, age 9 months
  The West Suburban Riverside twins died after their father allegedly
  threw them against a wall, reportedly because they were crying.
  Their father, 27-year-old David Gevas, was charged with murder.

  Baby girl Strejc, newborn
  Donna Strejc, 24, was stabbed in the chest just after 5 am
  on the city's West Side.  Afterwards, she gave birth prematurely
  to a baby girl at Mt. Sinai Hospital. The baby died about 20
  minutes after being born.  Michael Baker, 30, was charged with
  intentional homicide of an unborn child and also with first-
  degree murder.

  Baby girl Whitehead, newborn
  A hours-old baby girl was killed in her South Side home.  The
  19-year-old mother, Tasha Whitehead, was charged.

  Quincy Sanders King, age 17 weeks
  Quincy was beaten to death in his Waukegan home.  Police say
  his mother's boyfriend, 30-year-old Lorenzo Elison, shook the
  baby until he died.

  Ernest Matthews Jr., age 2
  Ernest, of 2245 W. Lake St., in the CHA's Henry Horner Homes,
  died after being hospitalized since Jan. 19 from a beating.
  His 21-year-old father was charged.

  Taylor Briana Huggins, age 7 weeks
  Taylor, left with her father for the night, was beaten to death
  and found the next morning on her mother's front porch in
  Englewood.  The 15-year-old father, a student at Tilden High
  School, was charged.

  Makita Burrow, age 4 months
  Makita, of 2710 W. Odgen Ave., died after being shaken to death
  in a CHA apartment at 5135 S. Federal.  The 22-year-old boyfriend
  of her mother was charged.

  Shahon Mighty, age 8 months
  Shahon, of south surburban Matteson, died after a beating.  His
  mother's boyfriend, Andrew Driver, 21, was charged with murder.

  Eduardo Mendoza, age 3
  Eduardo was beaten to death in Highland Park.  Officials charged
  the parents with murder, alleging they beat him repeatedly, possibly
  because he had vomited and soiled his pants.  Eduardo's parents,
  who brought the child to the hospital, claimed his body was
  covered with bruises because he fell off a tricycle.

  Saonnia Bolden, age 2
  Saonnia was allegedly beaten to death by her mother and mother's
  boyfriend in an apartment at 710 E. 133rd St. in the Altgled Gardens
  CHA development.  Sadie Williams, 22, and Clifford Baker, 30,
  allegedly poured boiling water on Saonnia after she wet herself.

  Ramon Roberts, age 1 
  Ramon died of injuries sustained three days earlier in his house
  at 6508 S. St. Lawrence Ave.  His 32-year-old father, Samuel Roberts,
  is charged with murder.

  Vincent Stuecklen, age 2
  Vincent, of 4835 W. Montrose Ave., was allegedly beaten to death
  by his mother's 26-year-old boyfriend, Edmond DeBock, because he
  wouldn't stop crying.