WHEN SHOULD BABIES GET RIGHTS?
Obama gets do over
Once again, referring to Rick Warrens question posed to Barrack Obama at the Saddleback Civil Forum (08/16/2008), George Stephanopoulos on "thisweek"(09/07/2008), gave Obama another chance to answer this basic question. Once again Obama was incapable of answering the question. Instead of answering "when do babies get rights" he tried to defend woman's rights. Obama either does not understand the question or he is dodging the question. Most likely the later is true. He would not want to say anything that could offend his special interest partners like NOW, NARAL or Planned Parenthood.
On the earlier try, he elaborately stated "trying to answer that question with specificity is above my pay grade". Excuse me, this is a U.S. Senator who has sworn to up hold the Constitution and he feels he's not qualified to answer this question. On the do over, Obama said what he wanted to communicate on the earlier attempt was that he didn't know when babies got their souls. Well, the question as I understood it was not about souls & the right to enter God's Kingdom but basic human or Constitutional rights. We can leave the theological opinion to Nancy Pelosi, who doesn't believe speaking for the Pope is above her pay grade. After all, she is the Supreme Leader of the House. Both Obama and Pelosi seem to have difficulty with the First Amendment. Can't they keep religion out of politics?
So, a few follow up questions must be asked of Obama. Does the Constitution only protect people with souls? If we have souls, from which animal did they evolve from? Does a baby who survived a failed abortion attempt have a soul? Or, are souls only given out upon registering to the Obama campaign and making a $5 donation? How does one prove he has a soul, so he may be entitled to rights?
Why, when asked such a basic question, can't he give an answer other than "present". As both Speaker Pelosi and Senator Obama are sworn legislators of the United States of America, both should at least be able to give the official answer. A baby gets protection from the U.S. Constitution when it is born alive. When the head is outside of the womb and the heart is beating. To be a natural born citizen, you must first be born. It's not a difficult question or answer.
Now, in my opinion, it's not that simple. The question did not specify Constitutional rights. Humans have rights above those in the Bill of Rights or Interpretations by the Supreme Court . I like the rights spelled out in the Declaration of Independence. "We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness-"
Born and Unborn children cannot be denied these Rights. You cannot PURSUE HAPPINESS if you were CREATED but not born. You cannot receive LIBERTY if you are not FREED from the womb and aloud to take you first breath. And most importantly, you were created at CONCEPTION. It's Science, not a discussion. We know when babies are created. You took control of your mother's body, you built yourself a home in her womb called a placenta (which is an organ of the fetus not the mother). You even fed yourself though an umbilical cord that you created. You did not have a choice to be created in your mother's womb, but most mothers had a choice to create you. So, there can be no argument. All humans have the right to LIFE at conception.
Being recognized as a citizen and receiving rights under U.S. law, come with age. Just because you were born, does not give you the right to vote, although, dying does not seem to take that right away from you in cities like Milwaukee or Chicago.
Giving Constitutional Rights to unborn children would be complicated. But still, something must be done. The right to an abortion is not above discrimination. But abortion decisions many times are based on discrimination of Sex, Age & Race. A white woman may not want a black baby, or parents may want one girl & one boy, not three boys, or a woman feels she is too young or old. If "women" have the right to choose, why doesn't a one month female fetus get a choice? The better alternative is to do what we already do. Make parents responsible for their actions, not only feeding, educating and loving their children but also protecting the fetus until she is BORN.