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Show You Have A Say In Politics On Nov. 7, 1 watched on TV (C-SPAN) (C-SPAN) a debate on the Senate floor where senators of this country debated de-bated a bill, the Partial Abortion Bill. The bill would make law banning the practice of partial birth abortion, except to save the mothers moth-ers life in emergency cases. As I watched the debate the graphic descriptions of the procedure proce-dure in question became almost too much to imagine. The thought of pulling a baby partially from the mother, inserting scissors into the head and suctioning it's brains out to deliver a dead baby reminds me greatly of atrocities during WWII. Hitler and his team of concentration camp goons were found guilty of crimes against humanity! The fact that we may accept the practice of abortion in this society does not make it right. As the debate went on, the fact came up that this procedure only happened 300 to 700 times per year in this country. Only! Wake up! We are allowing 300 to 700 babies per year to be killed in this extreme fashion and we don't think that is too high a number? What is going on? The fact that any abortion is readily excepted is beyond my thinking, why kill babies? The debate talked of the mother's v rights to choose. Well! What about the babies? True the child can't speak and probably doesn't understand un-derstand he is about to be put to death, but, don't we have an overwhelming over-whelming obligation to protect those of us who can't protect themselves? them-selves? I have been raised to respect and uphold the rights granted us by God and the Constitution of the United States. I believe in the rights of each and every individual but, to debate the taking of innocent human hu-man life this is too much, and if the time has come that this is a debatable de-batable subject, God help us! Let's not forget that the senator seen on TV is a direct representative of you and me (the people). We do in fact have a say in the political process, and if this type of thing is put away as too hard and too awful to think of or deal with, then it will enter into our lives, and we then will be held accountable! Not only by our laws but by God's as well. Do something, do anything! Write or call your representative and let them know your response to the bill of partial birth abortion or any other bill for that matter. Neil Foster Bryce |