The Law of Unintended Consequences

A Virginia woman suffocates her newborn. She is not charged with any crime.

You see,

“In the state of Virginia as long as the umbilical cord is attached and the placenta is still in the mother, if the baby comes out alive the mother can do whatever she wants to with that baby to kill it,” said Investigator Tracy Emerson. “She could shoot the baby, stab the baby. As long as it’s still attached to her in some form by umbilical cord or something it’s no crime in the state of Virginia.”

NO, there is no Unintended Consequence of a baby dying, that was the full intention of the law. That is WHY the law was written in such a manner.

As Uncle Di so aptly points out:

"Because the mother and baby were still connected by the umbilical cord and placenta, state law does not consider the baby to be a separate life." They're saying, in short, state law does not consider the baby to be a baby.

Put that way, something looks wrong.

The Unintended Consequence was that there would be reporters needing to resemble pretzels to write about it.

Our Lady of Guadelupe pray for us.

Truer Words Have Yet To Be Spoken

Thank You Archbishop Burke.

“there is no element of the common good, no morally good practice, which a candidate may promote and to which a voter may be dedicated, which could justify voting for a candidate who also endorses and supports the deliberate killing of the unborn, euthanasia or the recognition of a same-sex relationship as a legal marriage. The respect for the inviolable dignity of innocent human life and for the integrity of marriage and the family are so fundamental to the common good that they cannot be subordinated to any other cause, no matter how good it may be.”

It is truly a shame of historical proportions that it even needed to be said.

It is a greater shame that it hadn't been said sooner.

Now, where does that fit into your BS full-of-lies liberal Catholicism ?

Come back to the Church Kmiec-ians. There is a reason that Reconciliation is a Sacrament. It is needed by us all.