New York State Spits on God Given Life

In ancient, Pre-Christian times, infanticide was common in all societies.  In Greece and Rome, the father would take the new born, and if it appeared weak, or sickly in any way, would leave it out to exposure, which typically resulted in the death of the child.  In many ancient societies in the Near East, the people worshiped the Ba'als, which were fertility rites calling for the sacrifice of children.  But these "religions" had ritual prostitutes, who, when pregnant, would bear the child to term and then lay it out for exposure.  The discovery of 100 infant skeletons under the bath house in Ashkelon, Israel, is a stark reminder that we have been here before.  Indeed, the most famous case of infant exposure is told in the founding of Rome, where brothers Romulus and Remus were left to die, but were raised by wolves instead.

Christians recognized that a child, even an unborn one, is a human being, beloved by God, and therefore to kill that child is murder.  Indeed, it is murder made more foul by the fact that the child can have done nothing wrong, yet.  So, throughout Christendom, it became law that abortion was no longer legal, and places were set up for the care of children who were without parents.  The goal is always to preserve God given life, which is made in the image of God Himself.

Today, at the American Thinker, Avrohom Gordimer has an article on the subject of abortion with respect to the latest New York law entitled New York State Declares War on Life

Gordimer:

New York State's Reproductive Health Act, under the guise of progressiveness and liberality, is in truth a regressive act of intolerance toward the state's religious communities. By sanctioning abortions literally until a moment prior to birth, in deference to women’s “right to choose”, and by decriminalizing illegal abortions, Governor Cuomo and his political allies have declared war on human life, which is a reflection of God's image. This brazen offense against Biblical law and values and against millions of New Yorkers who object to the Reproductive Health Act's radical message speaks volumes about the state government's respect for faith and human life.

The hypocrisy is biting. Progressive politics is used to serve special, liberal interests, whereas the sensitivities of large religious constituencies in the state who oppose this new law are trampled upon without comment.

But worse is the offense against Biblical morality. New York State has in effect asserted that a woman’s convenience and whim are more important than the life of another. Have any of the politicians who supported this law ever really thought about this, or have they brushed this concern under the carpet in their idolatrous quest to satisfy every senseless progressive goal?

After giving Cuomo and the Democrats in the state legislature what for, Gordimer has much condemnation for the voters of New York. For example, while the majority of voters in New York District 14 are Catholic, they nonetheless sent Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Congress to represent them. His point is that if these Catholic Christians take their faith remotely seriously, they can not possibly think AOC represents them. They are, therefore committing a sort of civics malpractice.  We get the government we deserve because we do not pay enough attention to the policies those we send to represent us are espousing, and we do not hold their feet to the fire.

This is a sad day for America