Reclaim Conservatism

This is a post my mom made at Stix Blog

Egan to Pelosi: Smile, The Kid’s Waving at
You!

Note the date of the Life Magazine cover – 1965. This is relevant to
the message that follows.

#11 LIFE (April 30, 1965)
The fetus became widely recognized after LIFE
published Linnart Nilsson’s photograph of an 18-week-old fetus inside the womb
on its April 30, 1965 cover. Swedish photographer Nilsson used an endoscope with
an electronic flash to capture both the cover picture and pictures appearing
inside the magazine to chronicle the beginning of human life. These pictures are
part of Nilsson’s book, A Child is Born, which sold eight million copies in the
first four days after publication

Source: Top 20 Magazine Covers of all Time: http://arcagility.wordpress.com/2007/09/30/top-20-magazine-covers/

From National Review On-Line:

Shepherdly Pile-On
[Kathryn Jean Lopez]

STATEMENT OF HIS EMINENCE, EDWARD CARDINAL EGAN

CONCERNING REMARKS MADE BY THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Like many other citizens of this nation, I was shocked to learn
that the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States of America
would make the kind of statements that were made to Mr. Tom Brokaw of NBC-TV on
Sunday, August 24, 2008. What the Speaker had to say about theologians and
their positions regarding abortion was not only misinformed; it was also, and
especially, utterly incredible in this day and age.

We are blessed in the 21st century with crystal-clear photographs
and action films of the living realities within their pregnant mothers. No one
with the slightest measure of integrity or honor could fail to know what these
marvelous beings manifestly, clearly, and obviously are, as they smile and wave
into the world outside the womb. In simplest terms, they are human beings with
an inalienable right to live, a right that the Speaker of the House of
Representatives is bound to defend at all costs for the most basic of ethical
reasons. They are not parts of their mothers, and what they are depends not at
all upon the opinions of theologians of any faith. Anyone who dares to defend
that they may be legitimately killed because another human being “chooses” to do
so or for any other equally ridiculous reason should not be providing leadership
in a civilized democracy worthy of the name.

Edward Cardinal
Egan

Archbishop of New
York

08/26 11:40 AM

The baby in the middle photo is also at 18 weeks – I
retrieved it from an OB-GYN site. This one is from 1996 – the cover of a DVD from the PBS
series NOVA. It is still available at Amazon. I think the baby must be pretty
early. None of these photos are from Pro-life sites.

Last one is of a baby at 2 months when the pregnancy is
not even showing yet.

Week 8

The embryo is reactive to its environment inside the
amniotic sac where it swims and moves. Hands and feet can be seen. At the end of
week 8, the embryonic period is over and the fetal stage begins.

source: http://www.wpclinic.org/parenting/fetal-development/first-trimester/

Ain’t life grand?

Julia