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A new moral low

It is legal in the United States for a pregnant woman to have the child in her womb killed. The governor of New York recently celebrated the passage of legislation legalizing the killing of a child while it is being born. In Virginia, legislation was proposed but not passed to kill a child after it had been born.

Legislation was proposed in the U.S. Senate to protect the life of a child if the child survived an attempt to kill the child during the birthing process. This legislation was defeated. With so little respect for life at its earliest, most vulnerable and innocent stage, with hundreds of babies in the womb being killed every day, why should we be surprised when we see so much child abuse, people being killed for their shoes or jacket, or random killings just for the sake of killing someone? Wake up America!

Michael J. Phalen

Spokane

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