Journal pudge's Journal: Law & Order & Abortion & Obama 3
I was watching "Law & Order" last week, an episode about an abortion doctor being murdered by a protestor. The twist was that the protestor was trying to prevent the abortion of a specific child, who was in his third-trimester, who had no terminal illness, who put the mother in no danger, and was therefore (according to New York law) going to be aborted illegally.
So in the course of this case, they find out the same doctor once killed a newborn baby after an unsuccessful abortion attempt. The doctor asked the mother if she wanted him to finish the "abortion" and she said yes, so he stuck scissors in the base of its skull. Everyone in the show was, of course, aghast that such a thing could happen, and the prosecution tried to keep this from the court because it would obviously bias the jury against the doctor.
What they didn't mention in the show, however, is that Obama fought hard to protect the ability of mothers and doctors to perform this procedure. I think it's worth remembering that our President literally believes it is OK to kill live, born, baby humans. (Perhaps he has changed his mind since, but all we know is that he later lied to cover up his positions, which means he regrets people knowing his positions, not that he has changed his mind.)
Oddly, this is a fact that can prejudice a jury against a doctor, but apparently not an electorate against a candidate for President.
Cross-posted on <pudge/*>.
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I believe I've seen all 430-some episodes of the show. Though it's certainly had lulls & not been nearly as compelling for awhile...I'll admit, to some extent, I keep watching just because...like a collection or something I might as well have 'em all. This episode was really something though. I kinda had low expectations too, the way it started out it sort of had the feel that it was going to be another one of those preachy shove the liberal position down our throats shows, but I thought it did a good j
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This episode was really something though. I kinda had low expectations too, the way it started out it sort of had the feel that it was going to be another one of those preachy shove the liberal position down our throats shows, but I thought it did a good job of being fairly even about it.
Yeah, I had more to say about the episode, but wanted to focus on the Obama thing, and those thoughts had nothing much to do with my thoughts on Obama's support of legal infanticide. But feel free to discuss it in the comments of course. :)
The idea of justification being allowed to be argued because it was on a specific child that would be aborted rather than the vague all future children was interesting to me.
Yes, especially since the abortion was illegal and NY law implicitly (if not explicitly) recogniz
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I believe I've seen all 430-some episodes of the show. Though it's certainly had lulls & not been nearly as compelling for awhile...I'll admit, to some extent, I keep watching just because...like a collection or something I might as well have 'em all.
Same here. I discovered L&O whilst between jobs (i.e: nothing better to do) back during the day when TNT would run five or six episodes a day. I think I've been through the whole series at least twice now. It hasn't really been as compelling since Jerry Orbach left yet it remains at the top of my TiVo season pass list. Going to miss it when they finally close the books on the show.
the way it started out it sort of had the feel that it was going to be another one of those preachy shove the liberal position down our throats shows
Has L&O done that? I recall a number of preachy SVU episodes but I'm drawing a blank when trying to recall one fro