In the last few days I have learnt about "Live Birth Abortion".
This is an absolutely despicable crime against humanity and I am utterly sickened to read about the practice.
Jill Stanek was a nurse at Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn, Illinois. As a Christian, she was distressed to learn that the hospital was not only pro-abortion, but But what was most distressing was to learn of the method Christ Hospital uses to abort, called induced labor abortion, now also known as "live birth abortion." In this particular abortion procedure doctors do not attempt to kill the baby in the uterus. The goal is simply to prematurely deliver a baby who dies during the birth process or soon afterward.
To commit induced labor abortion, a doctor or resident inserts a medication into the mother’s birth canal close to the cervix. The cervix is the opening at the bottom of the uterus that normally stays closed until a mother is about 40 weeks pregnant and ready to deliver. This medication irritates the cervix and stimulates it to open early. When this occurs, the small second or third trimester pre-term, fully formed baby falls out of the uterus, sometimes alive. By law, in Illinois, if an aborted baby is born alive, both birth and death certificates must be issued. Ironically, at Christ Hospital the cause of death often listed for live aborted babies is "extreme prematurity," an acknowledgement by doctors that they have caused this death.
Jill felt she had to do something about this practice and she says "I read a Scripture that spoke directly to me and my situation. Proverbs 24:11-12 says, "Rescue those who are unjustly sentenced to death; don’t stand back and let them die. Don’t try to disclaim responsibility by saying you didn’t know about it. For God, who knows all hearts, knows yours, and he will reward everyone according to his deeds"
Jill has nowtestified four times before National and Illinois Congressional Subcommittees. Bills are being introduced to stop this form of abortion that results in infanticide. The subject of Christ Hospital and live birth abortion has garnered much public attention. Descriptions of "live birth abortions" have now been told on national television, on radio, in print, and by local and national legislators.
How many more people had previously stayed silent about this practice? How many parents and nurses and doctors had stood back and let babies die?
Silence is a sin, in situations like this. We must speak up against this kind of injustice or we increase the sin manifold. Life is sacred and calling a premature baby an "aborted foetus" does not alter that.
God bless all those children.