House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently appeared on Face the Nation, where she claimed that “science hasn’t changed” while ruminating on her political views regarding abortion. Unfortunately, many viewers may take her words at face value, without realizing that science has not only changed, but dramatically so since Roe v. Wade was decided. Today, of course, such remarkable technology exists that not only are ultrasounds widely and routinely available (something that was not the case in 1973), but 4D ultrasounds are commonplace — letting parents see who a child in the womb most resembles, months before the child enters the light of day. The science-based, fact-focused Charlotte Lozier Institute (CLI) issued a press release shortly after Pelosi’s remarks.
Today, science proves now what was not always clear in the past: that abortion destroys a living person. CLI’s response noted, “The black and white dots of an ultrasound before Roe could barely identify the head of an unborn child in the womb, much less identify the heartbeat at six weeks, show the child sucking his thumb at 15 weeks, or display her eyes, nose, lips, and behaviors with absolute clarity.” CLI linked to a history on ultrasound advancements to illustrate their point.
Disturbingly, those pictures of modern ultrasounds also remind us of what we don’t want to remember: fetal pain can also be seen. CLI reminded readers that an outdated 2010 study by Dr. Stuart Derbyshire is oft-cited in the abortion industry’s response, and he is considered a “leading voice against the likelihood of fetal pain,” according to the New York Times.
However, as CLI pointed out, “Dr. Derbyshire in 2020 published an updated peer-reviewed paper in the British Medical Journal’s Journal of Medical Ethics concluding that the cortex is not necessary for pain perception and that ‘the evidence, and a balanced reading of that evidence, points toward an immediate and unreflective pain experience mediated by the developing function of the nervous system from as early as 12 weeks.’”
CLI also pointed to this 4D ultrasound video of a third trimester baby reacting to an injection of anesthetic prior to surgery in utero, as well as studies from the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
CLI concluded its news release by reminding readers of a powerful reality:
Medical advances since 1973 make it possible to save extremely premature babies at earlier and earlier ages, making the Supreme Court precedent of ‘viability’ both outdated and fluid. With the skills of caring physicians and the availability of new science, viability has moved to ever-younger ages, from 24 to 28 weeks in 1973, to 21 or 22 weeks today. Just last November, Guinness World Records named Curtis, who was born more than four months premature (just halfway through a normal pregnancy at 21 weeks and 1 day), as the world’s most premature infant to live to a first birthday.
“The only things that haven’t changed since Roe are Speaker Pelosi and the Democrat party’s advocacy for taxpayer funded abortion on demand until birth,” Dr. Sander Lee said. “Follow the science? Absolutely, because science reveals the humanity of the unborn child like never before.”
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I no longer want to live in a society with Democrats. Time to kick them out because they are the crazy ones, not me and not my tribe. Democrats are not rational. Democrats are not law-abiding. Democrats are not fit to govern and not fit to vote. Democrats are not Americans. Get rid of them. Out of my life, out of my country, out of my world. Out of my church. Excommunicate them already. What more will it take?
I know just how you must feel! You are entitled to express your feelings! Feelings do not have to be “logical,” they are valid “as is.” That’s exactly how I felt, in the late 1960s, about the horrid, filthy, dope-sex-and-rock-“music”-crazed, violent hippies, and rock bands, destroying America! “Get the heck out of my country! You do not belong here! Kick all of you out of school, permanently! Go straight to jail– and stay there!” Then, in 1970, I sadly said, “It’s over. They have destroyed America. Our great country, as we once knew it– is gone. Gone to the Devil.” I sadly talked to a good priest, who reminded me– “well, that’s the chance you take, with a democratic country. At least, we are blessed not to live under Communism! And the truth is– we can work and pray to change things, to set things right, by the grace of God!”
I still get very upset whenever I see the sickening, crime-and-dope–infested streets of San Francisco, with teen thugs committing robberies freely, and workers cleaning up “worse than animals” bathroom messes by human beings. “Get off the planet! And take your filthy human bathroom messes, dope, sex and rock “music” garbage with you!” Hope D.A. Chesa Boudin gets thrown out of his job, soon, too!
Extremists in both the republican and democrat parties are polarizing the country into two camps of ideological fanatics. More moderate leaders need to be encouraged and supported in both parties.
Democrat extremist is redundant. The party has become so fringe that they won’t say what a woman is and think men can become pregnant. People, just three years ago that would have been considered crazy talk. Now it’s Democrat gospel.
Middle Ground A logical fallacy in which someone asserts that a compromise between two opposing positions must be the truth. Middle ground is a common type of logical fallacy — meaning an error in reasoning that weakens the argument — whereby a person argues that the correct conclusion must lie somewhere between two opposing arguments. It is also known as the argument from moderation and the golden mean fallacy. This type of thinking is erroneous because it makes a conclusion solely based on the fact that something is the middle point of two sides. In terms of logic and argumentation, it doesn’t provide us with any valid reasons to believe its truthfulness; simply picking a point between two falses wouldn’t mean that it’s necessarily correct, and the middle of truth and false is also false. Killing the person in the womb is always wrong.
First, “no longer” surely makes some rather broad stroke name calling on Democrats, not those on the fringe or individuals, but as states, “Democrats”. For the record, the “my country” is inaccurate – last I heard, every citizen can claim the US as his or her country. If the singular issue of abortion is so abhorrent to your sensibilities and worldview, do not impose a “you get out” platitude when that same command could be on you – maybe all those in the 8% who truly believe that all abortion, even those pregnancies created as a result of rape or incest, should consider finding a country and thus create the theocratic system you seem for which you seem to crave, without an apparent care about the rights of those who don’t agree with you BUT would support your right to carry a fetus to term and have a baby, and contrary to some writers, you would not be forced to abort it.
Michael Joseph, do you have the honesty and integrity to acknowledge that you think the intentional killing of preborn babies is sometimes acceptable?
Why else would you refer to a preborn baby as “it” (as in “forced to abort it”)?
This is (as of now still) a free country, with those of varying opinions. That said, if you are a Catholic, you would accept the teachings of Christ and His Church in this and other matters.
I pray that St. Joseph prays for you to have a fatherly heart toward all who have been abandoned by their biological fathers and are in danger of being put cruelly to death before they even see the light of day.
St. Michael, pray for Michael Joseph and all of us.
Glad that Abp. Cordileone finally barred Rep. Nancy Pelosi from reception of Holy Communion!
This fraud was ordered to be denied communion by Abp. Cordelione. well its about time…. Any priest in his Archdiocese that violates that order should be defrocked and laisized
bohemond– As of Fri. May 20th, today, the SF Archdiocesan clergy have all been informed that Nancy Pelosi is not to receive Holy Communion. Also, all of our churches have been told to ensure good security measures are in place to deter any possible violence by pro-abortionists. Hopefully, prelates who lead other dioceses/archdioceses will likewise adhere to Abp. Cordileone’s decision. Especially, Cardinal Gregory, of the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C.
Will the Jesuits abide by the directive? Don’t want Nancy going to USF for Mass as if it’s a sanctuary for her.
Good question. It seems when in DC, Ms. Pelosi attends the same Jesuit parish as Mr. Biden, Holy Trinity in the Georgetown neighborhood. The Cardinal there should address this issue and put the ball squarely in the court of dissenting Jesuits. The same applies to other bishops and LMU, Santa Clara and other Jesuit institutions. Bishop McElroy needs to deal with USD.
Can Abp. Cordileone take action against the Jesuits, in his own Archdiocese, if they disobey the Archbishop, and give Communion to Nancy Pelosi? Not sure what Vatican II rules say, on that one. The extremely disobedient Jesuits should have been kicked out of our Archdiocese, and USF deemed “not a Catholic school,” when they became extremely disobedient to Catholic teaching, after Vatican II.