It's heartbreaking enough to loose an unborn baby at any stage of pregnancy. For the law to decide that your child doesn't exist, it's more than salt rubbed into the open wound, it becomes an anguishing form of torture. A hell no innocent family should ever experience.
Our hearts ache for the Ball family, whose much anticipated second child's life was snuffed out by the actions of an imbecile on drugs. An imbecile who drove the car off the road, mounted the curb and ran over Zoe's mum. The Zoe who was to be born next month, instead she will be buried. Zoe doesn't exist according to the law, therefore she has no rights and no one can be held accountable for her death.
At 8 months gestation, the unborn baby is viable, the baby can survive outside of the womb. I know, I have had 3 premature babies. All alive and here with me.
So where does this take the law now in respect to the abortion laws?. After 24 weeks of pregnancy, abortion is illegal, except in the case of a medical emergency. People have been successfully prosecuted and imprisoned on this law.
Why does a 25 week old unwanted fetus have more rights than a 36 week old very wanted and loved fetus.
I feel for the Ball family too after reading the paper. The poor woman was walking on the footpath and on Christmas day too. I had a still birth in 2000, so coming home to a nursery empty handed and broken hearted is beyond words.
ReplyDeleteI didn't think about the abortion debate, but there was a couple here in Brisbane that were charged a couple of years ago.