I read about Melissa Ann Rowland in the Dallas paper this morning By now, most of you probably have read or heard that she has been charged with murder for refusing to have a C-section which doctors had told her was the only way to ensure that both of the twins she was pregnant with would survive. One was stillborn. If convicted, Ms. Rowland could be sentenced to five years to life in prison. She is being held at the Salt Lake City jail.
Ever since legislatures started enacting statutes that make it a crime to kill a fetus, events have conspired to get us to this point - a woman didn't want surgery, and is being charged as a murderer for refusing. Think about that for a minute - she didn't want to have surgery. She's charged with a crime.
President Bush addressed the National Association of Evangelicals Convention in Colorado Springs today. He said to them: "You're doing God's work with conviction and kindness." What he was talking about was that groups efforts to curtail abortion.
What kind of kindness is it when a woman refuses surgery and is charged with murder?
