I usually don’t follow the CBE threads on abortion. Those blogs form their own weird little self contained universe, and there are only so many challenges to witness bloodcurdling videos of abortions that I care to decline. But one note from Big Blue Wave caught my eye yesterday.
This is a video from Dateline NBC, featuring a story on an operation on a five-month-old fetus named Garrett, who had a large, life-threatening tumour in his chef. In this day and age, there are still people still perpetuate the myth that the fetus is part of the woman’s body.
Now, I may not agree with the foetishists, but I have always admired their intuitive grasp of spin. Like the PETA lunatics who have shoehorned the ridiculous term “baby seal” into the debate on fur, foetishists understand the importance of carefully chosen words in shaping public opinion. So hats off to whatever propagandist came up with the notion of naming foetuses. “Garrett”, eh? Heh. Nice touch.
May I suggest taking it one step further? Why stop with the foetus? Imagine the heightened impact if the above had read:
..a five month old foetus named Garrett (son of Myldrid Ovum and Curtis “Wiggles” the Sperm)…
Seriously, don’t you think that would further help to conceptually detach the all-important foetus from its disposable temporary bio-support pack (formerly referred to as a “woman”)?
(By the way, I don’t know what a “chef” is. Do you suppose Garrett was one heck of a privileged foetus with his own culinary staff?)
Some have names for their children early and some even before the child is concieved.
My son was named the day he was born, my wife let me decide on a name.I called him Wyatt Douglas, he’s a student now at an Ontario University and nearly, though unknown to himself, was a victim of “thearaputic” abortion.
He was reading from an encyclopedia at the age of three and at four was helping teach other children at his pre -school to read. He maintained a 95% average in high school while yours truly barely managed passing grades.
Though some argue for “the right” to choose I would suggest they reconsider their choice.