Note: I have thus far avoided politics on this blog, and it is my intention to continue to do so. Personally, I believe that Christians are not called to appeal to the state for solving the problems of the world, whether on the “right” or the “left.” But some things transcend politics, and yes, life is one of them.
This morning, I found this story to be particularly sickening:
Police said William Stanley Sutton III, 25, added ProstaMate last week to a soda drank by Lauren Ashley Tucker, 21, who is carrying his child…
According to police, Sutton said he didn’t mean to harm Tucker, just to cause her to miscarry.
It is completely horrible that someone would even think to do something like this, but to me, that’s not the worst part.
Sutton was charged with reckless endangerment, assault and contaminating Tucker’s drink.
The story isn’t clear whether the “victim” in those charges is the woman, or the unborn child. I would bet the former, but for the sake of argument, let’s give the authorities (and the law, for that matter) the benefit of the doubt, and assume that the charges of reckless endangerment or assault were against the child. What’s sickening about this is that the child was not “recklessly endangered” nor was the child “assaulted.” The man attempted to murder the child, plain and simple.
But to me, that’s still not the worst part.
“It’s an unthinkable type of situation,” said Kent County Sheriff’s Sgt. Glenn M. Owens.
With all due respect to Sgt. Owens, he is wrong. This situation, while sickening, horrible, awful, terrifying, nauseating, depraved, etc. – choose whatever description you would like – while it’s all those things, there is one thing that it is not. This sort of thing is not “unthinkable.” And that is the worst part of this story.
It’s not unthinkable because we live in a time and place where an unborn child is not considered alive. We live in a time and place where a “person’s” right to live can be measured by the distance from one side of the birth canal to the other. And we live in a time and place where many of our most qualified leaders think this is OK.
That is what makes this story only too “thinkable.” That is what makes this story not at all surprising. And that is the worst part.