Thank you Liberals
And a special thank you to the do-nothing, sound and fury, vacillating, milquetoast, pathetic excuse for leadership, Catholic bishops of Western Europe and North America.
Some of the article from LifeSiteNews.com; (Emphasis mine)
By Tim Waggoner
CHESTER, Wales, September 12, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - This week, a UK court heard the case of a mother who allegedly deliberately drowned her disabled child in a bath because she was ashamed and embarrassed by her daughter's cerebral palsy.
According to the Telegraph, prosecutor Michael Chambers explained to the court how Joanne Hill's husband had refused to give four-year old Naomi up for adoption, despite Joanne's inability to accept the fact that her daughter had cerebral palsy. He recounted the evening of the murder, November 26, 2007: "When the bath was full she told Naomi she was having a bath, but Naomi didn't want one. The defendant carried her upstairs and undressed her."
"The defendant put her in the bath and drowned her by holding her head under the water for a long time until she was dead."
According to testimony Joanne then put her daughter's clothes back on and after driving around for eight hours while intoxicated, entered the hospital claiming her daughter was unconscious. She was arrested at the hospital an hour later on suspicion of murder.
"The defendant couldn't cope with caring for Naomi and left a lot of the everyday care to her husband Simon," said Chambers.
A representative of the organization that babysat for Naomi reiterated this point, saying that Joanne was ashamed of Naomi and used to dress her in ways that would hide her disability.
Chambers also told the court that Joanne's claims of mental problems as a reduced responsibility defense have not been "entirely honest", describing how she had admitted to lying to doctors about voices in her head.
"She quite simply wanted Naomi dead," said Chambers.
This trial, which is still in progress, comes during a week in which the devaluation of children with disabilities has been very much in the media spotlight, thanks largely to Gov. Sarah Palin's much publicized decision to carry to term her son Trig, who has Down's syndrome.
Prominent bioethicist Wesley Smith recently commented on the media bias against Palin, and says it occurs in part because, "Palin is viewed as 'the other,' symbolized by her and Todd's (Palin's husband) loving acceptance of Trig." Smith said he hopes that the unconditional love the Palin's show to their son Trig will be an example for a world that is evermore justifying murder of the innocent.
"I hope that people will decide to emulate the Palins in their unconditional acceptance and love for their beautiful son, Trig," said Smith.
However, according to a Globe and Mail report from several days ago, Palin's loving and highly-publicized acceptance of her Down's syndrome child has at least one doctor in Canada worried that her example may pressure some mothers to shun abortion after diagnosis of Down's syndrome. "The worry," said Dr. Andre Lalonde, executive vice-president of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, "is that this [Palin's example] will have an implication for abortion issues in Canada."
Already in Canada and throughout the West, abortion rates for unborn children diagnosed with Down's syndrome range from between 80% to 95%. In addition, prenatal screening for "abnormalities" other than Down's syndrome is becoming an increasingly popular phenomenon, with the result being that those unborn children deemed to be "undesirable" for various reasons are increasingly aborted.
For the USCCB, it's lip-service as usual.
Heavenly Father, into thy hands we bequeath the soul of thy handmaiden Naomi Hill. Grant her rest O Lord.
ReplyDeleteInto paradise may the angels lead thee:
At thy coming may the Martyrs receive thee,
And bring thee into the holy city Jerusalem.
May the Choir of Angels receive thee,
And with Lazarus, one poor, mayest thou have eternal rest.
May God judge Joanne Hill.
Evil woman. Plain and simple.
ReplyDeleteAnother fruit of the pro-abortion mentality. Granted, this was Britain, but nothing's different in America, e.g. the mother who cooked her baby to death in the microwave.
ReplyDeleteFollow the (il)logic of the pro-abort crowd: 1) it is OK to kill an in utero baby for ANY reason, including the mental health of the mother (thank you, Justice Kennedy, the so-called Catholic);
2) many, including B.H. Obama, think that if the mother wants to abort the baby and somehow the poor child actually comes out alive, then it should be killed (by starvation or exposure) anyway;
3) leading to the current illogic, if the mother could kill it earlier, then why shouldn't she be able to change her mind a few years later and kill it then!
We totally refused to have any of that "abnormalities" crap testing done for our baby! God does not create "abnormal" human beings - no matter what kind of retardation or disability this child might be born with we are going to LOVE his/her little soul with all of our hearts!
ReplyDeleteThe Leftist/Feminist hatred of the Palin's has even shown up here in our local paper. The writer is obviously pissed off that Sarah Palin's daughter hasn't had an abortion. WHAT GIVES??
commander, now the cat is out of the bag, the old folks are next, give a read http://www.slate.com/id/2199575/?GT1=38001
ReplyDeletefirst abortion now we set the stage for euthanasia
I seriously feel like I'm going to be sick...
ReplyDeleteThis IS a logical extension of the pro-abortion mentality, as gruesome as it is.
I feel horrible for the father. =-(
Down right despicable act on the part of this woman. FAB shows the (non) logic of the pro-abortion side quite well.
ReplyDeleteWhat people who aren't able to have children would give for a child such as Naomi..and for HER OWN MOTHER to do this...
Pater Noster...
This really makes my heart hurt. I pray for all souls involved. When I hear of stuff like this I can't help but think to myself what this poor little girl must have been thinking at the time her mother was doing this.
ReplyDeleteFather in your hands comfort this little soul.
INFAMIA!!!!
ReplyDeleteMore proof of how the "culture of death" will only get worse if left to bear its bitter fruit of evil.
May the Lord have mercy on them all.