Why is BAIPA so important?
Okay, I think Timbo caught me greatly up to speed on the BAIPA issue. I still don't have all the pieces but I feel like I understand it well enough to converse about it. It was constructed to provide the same rights to aborted non-viable living infants as would be provided to a viable living infant. The law in place protected a viable living infant born through an abortion method or otherwise. If there was a potential for a child to live some extended amount of time they had to be cared for.
Am I right then that the crux of the issue was, how will we care for living aborted babies while they die? There was already a protection if the child was viable, which would by age be at least 24 weeks but almost definitely not until 26 weeks gestation.
Here is my question to Tim, Micah, or any other who has been active and passionate about this issue. Why does this make you so angry? Why have I heard terms like infanticide or near-infanticide? If this provision could only apply to a dying child, why does the degree of care for that child bring such consternation? From my perspective, I would like a dying child to be cared for with more dignity and mercy than the nurse's testimony described. There is a fire and a passion around this issue, though, that appears to surpass dignity and mercy for the dying. What is it?
Am I right then that the crux of the issue was, how will we care for living aborted babies while they die? There was already a protection if the child was viable, which would by age be at least 24 weeks but almost definitely not until 26 weeks gestation.
Here is my question to Tim, Micah, or any other who has been active and passionate about this issue. Why does this make you so angry? Why have I heard terms like infanticide or near-infanticide? If this provision could only apply to a dying child, why does the degree of care for that child bring such consternation? From my perspective, I would like a dying child to be cared for with more dignity and mercy than the nurse's testimony described. There is a fire and a passion around this issue, though, that appears to surpass dignity and mercy for the dying. What is it?
