Justice in Kansas

Earlier today, Scott Roeder was convicted of first-degree murder. Prosecutors are calling for a "Hard 50" sentence, which basically means that he should get a life sentence and do at least 50 years before even being considered for parole. Roeder was convicted of the murder of Dr. George Tiller, a late-term abortion provider in Wichita, Kansas. For the pro-choice movement, a man getting life in prison for killing an abortion doctor in the state of Kansas, a pretty conservative state at that, I would consider it a victory.

George Tiller was controversial, to say the very least. I, for one, do not condone late-term abortions, unless you have a really good reason. The way I see it, and I could very well be wrong, by the time you've reached 21 weeks of pregnancy and you fully know it, a decision on whether an abortion should be had or not should have been made at this stage. However, in the case of George Tiller, many of the women who sought his services found out late in their pregnancies that the fetus had severe or fatal birth defects, or healthy fetuses were aborted when it was discovered by two or more doctors that the effects of the pregnancy would cause the mother "substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function," or even death. I'm guessing pro-lifers would be more concerned with the damaged fetus' life than the mother's.

However, most pro-lifers spoke out against the murder of George Tiller, with most wanting to work out their differences legally, and non-violently. Yet there are those whackjobs who call Roeder a hero to the movement and a martyr, and those people miss the point entirely: One of them being Pastor Wiley Drake, the same guy who supposedly engage in an imprecatory prayer for God to kill President Obama, a human being, for his views on abortion, the termination of UNBORN FETUSES. They totally miss the point.

People should care about the people that are already here. I'm glad that jury in Kansas saw things that way, and took less than 40 minutes to come back with a guilty verdict. No matter what side of the fence you are with abortion, killing a person is not right. And I'm glad to feel like me and 12 jurors from the Wichita area are on the same page about something. It's one of those few moments that make me feel that the world is in perfect harmony, and that there are universal opinions on right and wrong, and all of that idealistic hippy-dippy crap I normally don't buy into.

Then, I see Bill O'Reilly on the next channel, and that notion goes straight to hell.

Enjoy prison, Scott Roeder!