Sunday, January 6, 2013
The Hypocricy of the Pro-life Movement
The on-going politically virulent warfare between the Pro-life and Pro-Choice groups in re abortion continues to appear on the front pages of The Times (Abortion Fight: Helping Hands Gain Influence", Saturday, January 5, Front Page) and other publications. The main point of contention appears to be the premise that an embryo is a full living person, and therefore abortion is tantamount to murder. This view is held by conservative religious institutions, especially the Roman Catholic Church, However, nowhere in this article or anywhere else, for that matter, have I ever read that embryos should be baptized like all other people and have Christian burials. Twenty percent of normal pregnancies result in miscarriages, i.e spontaneous abortions ( God's abortions?) The results are routinely thrown in the medical waste. I recall as an intern assisting at a legal abortion before Roe-vs Wade that the nurse, knowing the mother was Roman Catholic, baptized the embryo in the operating room. Why aren't these self-righteous religious groups practicing their Christian beliefs in the case of embryo people? Do embryos have souls and go to heaven, for instance?
Alex Caemmerer Jr. M.D.
163 Engle Street,
Englewood, N.J. 07631
(201)568-9034
(201)784-3581
The on-going politically virulent warfare between the Pro-life and Pro-Choice groups in re abortion continues to appear on the front pages of The Times (Abortion Fight: Helping Hands Gain Influence", Saturday, January 5, Front Page) and other publications. The main point of contention appears to be the premise that an embryo is a full living person, and therefore abortion is tantamount to murder. This view is held by conservative religious institutions, especially the Roman Catholic Church, However, nowhere in this article or anywhere else, for that matter, have I ever read that embryos should be baptized like all other people and have Christian burials. Twenty percent of normal pregnancies result in miscarriages, i.e spontaneous abortions ( God's abortions?) The results are routinely thrown in the medical waste. I recall as an intern assisting at a legal abortion before Roe-vs Wade that the nurse, knowing the mother was Roman Catholic, baptized the embryo in the operating room. Why aren't these self-righteous religious groups practicing their Christian beliefs in the case of embryo people? Do embryos have souls and go to heaven, for instance?
Alex Caemmerer Jr. M.D.
163 Engle Street,
Englewood, N.J. 07631
(201)568-9034
(201)784-3581
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