Are we ruled by some sort of death cult? In just one week, our Parliament has voted for the even more ruthless destruction of unborn babies, and to begin the abortion of the inconvenient old and ill.
You may be quite sure that the abortion of the old, once it gets into full swing, will solve a lot of problems for the middle-aged, afraid of nursing home fees and of losing their inheritances. Does anyone really doubt this?
It will also solve a lot of problems for the State and the sacred NHS.
I cannot see them being that upset as these elderly, ill burdens disappear, via ‘voluntary’ assisted death, into the crematorium. After all, look at the example we already have of how a measure sold as a small, humane change can lead to mass killing.
Since MPs first voted in favour of the current Abortion Act in 1966, 10.6 million unborn babies have been efficiently despatched to the hereafter. This is despite claims by abortion supporters that they wanted and expected the procedure to be rare.
Adolf Hitler portrayed by Bruno Ganz in the 2004 film Downfall
And remember the giant revolution in contraception in the 58 years since then.
In 1966, contraceptives of all kinds were quite hard to get, especially for the unmarried. This was blamed for all those abortions. Sex education was sketchy. This too was blamed. Now contraception pills and condoms are readily available at all hours, often free of charge, especially the ‘morning after’ pill. And graphic sex education is not just universal but pretty much compulsory.
Yet abortions have gone on rising. There were 251,377 in England and Wales in 2022 – the highest number since the Abortion Act, and an increase of 17 per cent over 2021.
Abortion on demand happened because quite a few cynical people wanted to escape responsibility for the children they had begotten. Assisted death is a little more complicated, though the arguments made for it are just as dishonest.
Assisted deaths in Canada, first made legal in 2016, now account for one in 20 deaths in that country.
As the liberal juggernaut crushed all opposition to abortion in Britain in July 1966, the Tory MP Jill Knight cried out in protest: ‘Will euthanasia be the next step?’ She turns out to have been an accurate prophet.
What will it be now? Legalised marijuana, by my guess, to help keep us stupefied while the country falls to bits.
It looks as if we have dumped the old Christian idea that human life, made in the image of God, was inviolable. I wonder how we shall enjoy returning to the way the world was before Christianity. I am not much looking forward to it.
Protesters march against a proposed amendment to the Abortion Bill in London, in June 1975
ere comes another forever war… thanks to Trump
Here comes another forever war… thanks to Trump
Are we ruled by some sort of death cult? In just one week, our Parliament has voted for the even more ruthless destruction of unborn babies, and to begin the abortion of the inconvenient old and ill.
You may be quite sure that the abortion of the old, once it gets into full swing, will solve a lot of problems for the middle-aged, afraid of nursing home fees and of losing their inheritances. Does anyone really doubt this?
It will also solve a lot of problems for the State and the sacred NHS.
I cannot see them being that upset as these elderly, ill burdens disappear, via ‘voluntary’ assisted death, into the crematorium. After all, look at the example we already have of how a measure sold as a small, humane change can lead to mass killing.
Since MPs first voted in favour of the current Abortion Act in 1966, 10.6 million unborn babies have been efficiently despatched to the hereafter. This is despite claims by abortion supporters that they wanted and expected the procedure to be rare.
And remember the giant revolution in contraception in the 58 years since then.
In 1966, contraceptives of all kinds were quite hard to get, especially for the unmarried. This was blamed for all those abortions. Sex education was sketchy. This too was blamed. Now contraception pills and condoms are readily available at all hours, often free of charge, especially the ‘morning after’ pill. And graphic sex education is not just universal but pretty much compulsory.
Yet abortions have gone on rising. There were 251,377 in England and Wales in 2022 – the highest number since the Abortion Act, and an increase of 17 per cent over 2021.
Abortion on demand happened because quite a few cynical people wanted to escape responsibility for the children they had begotten. Assisted death is a little more complicated, though the arguments made for it are just as dishonest.
Assisted deaths in Canada, first made legal in 2016, now account for one in 20 deaths in that country.
As the liberal juggernaut crushed all opposition to abortion in Britain in July 1966, the Tory MP Jill Knight cried out in protest: ‘Will euthanasia be the next step?’ She turns out to have been an accurate prophet.
What will it be now? Legalised marijuana, by my guess, to help keep us stupefied while the country falls to bits.
It looks as if we have dumped the old Christian idea that human life, made in the image of God, was inviolable. I wonder how we shall enjoy returning to the way the world was before Christianity. I am not much looking forward to it.
