March 18, 2009 9:22 AM
Kansas Abortionist George Tiller - specialist in Down syndrome abortions - on trial finally
So much news and so little time (sigh). You need to know that a great moral moment is occurring in Kansas, where George Tiller is FINALLY facing trial, in spite of the former Kansas governor/now our Secretary of Health and Human Resources Kathleen Sebelius's (shown here partying with George Tiller) best efforts to protect him and Planned Parenthood from the law (with the Kansas Democrat/media complex doing their best to destroy former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline). This piece, sent to me by Samantha (not my daughter, but obviously someone whose mother has good taste in names:) puts a human face on the subject:Monday, March 16th, 2009'Tiller the Killer' Facing Criminal TrialThe storyline:
WICHITA, Kan. - For abortion opponents, the trial of one of the nation's few late-term abortion providers has been a long time coming, a chance for a little bit of justice after years of seeing their efforts thwarted. To abortion-rights supporters, Dr. George Tiller's trial set to begin Monday is the culmination of repeated harassment, a witch hunt in which his foes have been willing to do anything and everything to gain a conviction.
Abortion opponents contend Tiller illegally aborts fetuses that could survive outside the womb. Kansas law allows late-term abortions if two doctors agree that it is necessary to save a women's life or prevent "substantial and irreversible" harm to "a major bodily function," a phrase that's been interpreted to include mental health.
Tiller is charged with 19 misdemeanors alleging he failed to obtain the required second opinion from an independent physician that a late-term abortion is necessary. If convicted, the Wichita physician could face a year in the county jail or a fine of $2,500 for each charge.
Michael's POV:
This is certainly a long time coming for Tiller the Killer and even though it could potentially be for only one year, it's start to stopping the murder for no reason of unborn children. Oh, I know what the rules state in terms of a reason for performing a late-term abortion; to save women's life or prevent "substantial and irreversible" harm to "a major bodily function."
Accept for one small thing, THAT'S A LIE! How do I know this? Because in March of 2005 when my wife Kim and I went for her 2nd trimester screening for our child, we were received devastating news that were child was going to be severely sick and we had many markers that our baby would have Down Syndrome and/or Trisomy, and would not have any quality of life, may never leave the hospital when born and would probably die the first week or at the most in under one year, all the while being hooked up to machines and tubes because the baby wouldn't be able to feed himself, swallow or breath on his own.
The recommendation was to TERMINATE!. A phrase repeated many times during the almost 2 hours talk we were given by the ultrasound Doctor and Genetic counselor. Please reread what was written above. No where in the predictions mentioned was there anything said about Kim's life being in any kind of danger if the pregnancy was continued. So why would this Doctor and genetic counselor offer us the services of a "Doctor in Kansas, who could handle our case", if we waited to much longer to decide what to do, since they would not be able to perform the abortion in New Jersey.
The answer: because these Doctor's and Pro-ABORTION supporters want abortion on demand without a reason needed, a illness diagnosed.
Oh, here is my son Cole now, 4 years almost to the day of our appointment in March of 2009:
No quality of life, huh? F'N murderers!!!
-- Michael Sparxx
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Comments
Wow.. this was a lot for me to take in. You see I had a daughter, Hannah, which we decided on inducing labor at 28 weeks due premature rupturing of membranes (water broke). She was developing very poorly, crowding limps - spine curved - and we would told that she would continue to decline - to the point of not living outside my womb. We were told that if we didn't decide soon to induce (within a few days) then we would have to fly out of state for it to be performed. It was labled on our discharge papers as "spontaneous abortion". This was the hardest decision of my LIFE. But my husband and I decided to pray, and leave it in God's hands. We prayed the night before in the hospital chapel. Upon entering it, was a picture of God's hand extending out of a cloud down toward a child's hand on earth. It was titled "An Invitation". We decided that we could have Hannah the next morning and give her every chance on every man-made machine possible to survive. Hannah only lived 8 minutes. We believed that Hannah got her invitation early and we know that we will see her again. There is not a day that goes by when I do not think of my sweet girl.
There were some in my support group that actually had to make the hardest decision of their lives to take that flight out to Kansas. Please do not judge them...and try to walk in their shoes. I know that you will come to find that while walking, they might not even be "their" shoes but God's - who carries us through this entire loss journey.
Posted by: susan | March 18, 2009 1:41 PM
Bravo to the couple in the article! Doctors are not infallible. When in doubt, choose life!
Posted by: Elena | March 18, 2009 5:52 PM
If only it was that simple. I'm very glad that the couple in the article had a happy ending and I'm also glad that most of you will never know the pain of losing a child.
Posted by: sc | March 18, 2009 9:52 PM
I am so sad that you lost a child. I lost three to miscarriage and when I was expecting my daughter who had Down syndrome I refused all diagnostic tests. No one was going to take away my baby but the Lord Himself.
We don't always understand the mysterious ways of the Lord in this life, but rest assured He loves your child even more than you do and has her wrapped in His loving arms.
We are praying for you.
Posted by: Leticia Velasquez | March 18, 2009 10:49 PM
"when I was expecting my daughter who had Down syndrome I refused all diagnostic tests. No one was going to take away my baby but the Lord Himself."
I feel that way as well Leticia. My 6th child died inside of me for unknown reasons and I carried him for about a week until he was naturally born. I cherished the time he was with me both before and after death. With my 7th child at age 45 I wanted only basic prenatal care although I was pressured to have all sorts of testing because of my age and the prior stillbirth. But I was determined to carry her whether she was "healthy" or not. I have no regrets with either pregnancy.
Posted by: Elena | March 19, 2009 8:28 AM
I am glad this man is finally being prosecuted for his circumlocution of the law. But I think the real problem lies much deeper, with a medical establishment that can foresee no better answer to imperfection than quick death. I remember hearing once on Focus on the Family about a program somewhere that was the opposite -- helping parents with a terminal prenatal diagnosis come to terms with it, helping them understand how long their child was likely to live (both before and after birth), helping them make a birth plan that took their unique situation into account, helping them enjoy the child's life to the full and accept death when it came -- in short, everything we expect from hospice care, with a special focus on the unborn-but-dying. We need more of that focus, and fewer referrals to Dr. Tiller. (And, of course, an accepting response to non-terminal abnormalities as well, but everyone reading this already knows that.)
Posted by: Newt Sherwin | March 19, 2009 11:10 AM
Thank you Leticia for your prayers. I pray for you too. I pray for all the moms that will never hold their babies in their arms - but we will see them again.
Newt, I loved your comment. And I would loved the program that you described. When my husband and I found out about Hannah, we had no one to talk to about the decisions that we had to make except the doctors, who were clinical, and the chaplain. Does anyone know where the program is and how can we get it implemented in additional hospitals?
I am part of the "Share" nation support organization that has helped implement hospital practices on how to better equip nurse on how to handle a OB patient during a lost (ie: do not have patient on same floor with healthy pregnancies, talk picture of baby/let Mom hold baby after baby passes. I was a product of some of these practices that I will be forever grateful for. The picture of our Hannah, and time to hold her is something engraved in my mind.
But there is still SO MORE that needs to be done in the support of a family during a life changing event like this.
Posted by: susan | March 20, 2009 11:54 AM
Here are some resources
http://www.benotafraid.net/default.asp
http://www.perinatalhospice.org/
and I have saved many helpful links here:
http://www.ikeepbookmarks.com/browse.asp?folder=979008&clientWidth=0
Posted by: Elena | March 21, 2009 12:18 PM
Dr Tller
saved some womens life too, do not tel one sided story , why people take his service? may for some reasion? there should be choice for women for her self , what to do with her pregnancy
Posted by: anna | April 10, 2009 2:13 PM
Anna, are you kidding me? The choice of what to do with her pregnancy?
As in #1: do I let this pregnancy fulfill itself with a beautiful baby or
#2: do I kill the child within my womb?
Hmmm. Interesting Good Friday question.
Posted by: Sue from Buffalo | April 10, 2009 2:49 PM
