Each unique human life is created by God

The IndyStar published David A. Nealy's letter in defense of the unborn:

It is perhaps a sad indicator of the depth of the moral swamp into which we have descended that Marc Thiessen found it necessary to argue that a baby born alive after a failed abortion attempt should be spared execution (“After-birth abortion: Let’s agree this is murder,” April 11).

Lest one thinks Thiessen is making an unnecessary argument, he cites the recent gruesome statistic of at least seven born-alive infants allegedly murdered by Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell. Even more disturbing was his citing of two bioethicists who argue that if the attempted abortion was somehow “ethically permissible,” then the post-delivery murder of the infant should be also. In such cases they point out the term “infanticide” is inappropriate because the “moral status” of that particular infant is only comparable to that of a fetus. The utter moral depravity of their position goes beyond words.

The key issue here is, of course, the question of when a human life begins. Arbitrary and conflicting legal and moral arguments regarding this issue have swirled around ever since the horribly misguided 1973 Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision in which nine unelected men decided that a “right to privacy” somehow justified the killing of a human being in the womb. It is almost impossible to understand how the highest court in the land could so easily trump the most fundamental right of all — the right to life — without seriously confronting the equally fundamental question of when human life actually begins.

Ultimately, the only way out of the “culture of death” is for this nation to accept the full implication of divine and natural law and accept that each unique human life is created by God at the moment of conception for reasons that only God fully understands. I salute constitutional amendment efforts under way in several states to recognize personhood at conception and urge citizens of this state to strongly support such efforts. Surely this nation — blessed beyond any others by God — must confront and put an end to the abominable stain of homicide in the womb.