Though pleased with that 1997 decision, shock soon return to us when the Supreme Court in Stenberg v. Carhart, ruled that even the killing of a child mostly born and alive is protected by what the court called the woman s right to choose. It seems pretty obvious to us that the decision has brought our legal system to the brink of endorsing infanticide. The Rev. Dan McNutt, Boothbay Baptist Church and a Civic League board member opened his remarks with the following illustration. It s my tree and it s in my yard. When we see an injustice we feel a sense of duty to intervene.
Society is horrified if animals are killed, but it is socially acceptable to destroy human life.
There are laws that protect certain birds, such as the spotted owl and the bald eagle. You must pay a fine and face imprisonment if you destroy a bald eagle s egg. But defenseless babies in the womb are not protected by law. Rescue the weak and the needy, deliver them from the hand of the wicked. Clearly we should feel a sense of duty to intervene on behalf of the weak and oppressed.