David N. Bass

Published January 13, 2007, on WorldNetDaily.com

News earlier this week that researchers at Wake Forest University and Harvard Medical School have uncovered a new non-controversial stem cell treatment did nothing to stem the tide of pro-embryonic stem cell madness that swept Congress on Thursday.

In a vote that still fell well short of the two-thirds majority required to overcome a presidential veto, the U.S. House passed H.R. 3 by a 253 to 174 margin Jan. 11. The bill would lift restrictions established by President Bush in 2001 that prevent federal dollars from being used for additional research involving the destruction of human embryos. Read the rest of this entry »

One of the most unfeeling and unthinking pro-abortion rants in recent memory appeared on July 26 in Michigan State University’s newspaper. A column by MSU sophomore Shane Krouse attempted to offer up an open-and-shut case for abortion-on-demand but wound up as more of an emotional tirade against pro-lifers than a reasonably articulated thesis for abortion. Don’t get me wrong: I think it’s wonderful that a person from my generation would take the time to put pen to paper on this issue. Even though I strongly disagree with Mr. Krouse, I respect him as a fellow human being. Unfortunately, he is unwilling to extend that same respect to the “least among us” – the 45 million unborn boys and girls who have been butchered in this nation since the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. That is one of the most significant differences between pro-lifers and abortion advocates – a sincere, deep-down respect for human life, regardless of its size or development.

OK, on to Mr. Krouse’s column itself. He begins by falsely attributing the scientifically-vindicated notion that life begins at conception to the “fundamentalist community.” This kind of leading is blatantly duplicitous. Consider Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry’s own statement during the ’04 elections: “I oppose abortion, personally. I don’t like abortion. I believe life does begin at conception.” Last time I checked, John Kerry is far from a card carrying member of the “fundamentalist community.” In fact, he’s the most liberal man to ever run for the U.S. presidency. Yet he candidly admitted that life begins at conception. Instead of lambasting the pro-life community, perhaps Mr. Krouse should direct some pointed criticism at his own presidential candidate for making such a rhetorical faux pas. After all, pro-abortionists cannot afford to admit that life begins at conception without losing significant moral ground. If life begins at conception, an unborn child is alive through all nine months of pregnancy; if an unborn child is alive, it just might be a human being; and if an unborn child is a human being, there is the remote possibility that he or she has “a right to life.” Read the rest of this entry »

Family News in Focus reports a disturbing new trend in eastern European countries – using injections derived from the cells of aborted fetuses for women’s beauty treatments. Even more distressingly, young girls are actually being paid to sacrifice their unborn children for this scheme: “In countries like Georgia and Ukraine, young girls are being used as incubators for the babies whose cells will be harvested. About the 12th week, the baby is aborted and the fetal cells sold to cosmetic clinics. The girls earn about $200 for their trouble.”

Is there any lower point on the slippery slope to moral debauchery than offering girls cash to give up their unborn children to be butchered in order to create beauty treatments? The injustice of such horrendous filth should touch the conscience of every human being on the face of this planet, yet the Left is strangely silent. Liberalism cannot afford to ascribe even the slightest hint of value to unborn human life without destroying the underpinning of their entire pro-abortion philosophy – that a fetus is a mere blob of cells, belonging to the mother, able to be disposed of at will. The developing malignancy of the pro-abortion abortion crowd worldwide just goes to show how seared their collective consciences have become. Read the rest of this entry »

Pro-life champion Sam Brownback (R-KS) introduced S. 3788 - Assisted Suicide Prevention Act of 2006 on August 3. Kudos to Senator Brownback for taking on this controversial issue. The bill would outlaw under the 1970 Controlled Substances Act the administration or distribution of drugs for the purpose of assisting another in committing suicide. It would also revoke Oregon’s assisted suicide law, passed in 1994, which has been a favorite with the liberal media.

The key issue here is this: Do we want a society that views the murder of the elderly, disabled, or sick as acceptable and even beneficial? Read the rest of this entry »