A bit depressed...

Today, and the last few days, I have been feeling a bit down in the mouth. A head line on Bigpond News: "Aborted baby boy survives for 2 days"

"Friday, April 30, 2010 » 09:11am

A baby boy who was left to die after a botched abortion has survived for two days.

The 22-week-old foetus later died in intensive care in the city of Rossano in southern Italy.

The baby's mother opted for a termination after scans suggested the child might be disabled.

The procedure was carried out at the Rossano Calabro hospital on Saturday but 20 hours after the operation the hospital chaplain was praying to the baby when he discovered it was still alive.

Father Antonio Martello informed doctors who immediately transferred the child to a specialist neo-natal unit at a neighbouring hospital where he died on Monday.

Italian police are investigating if there is a case for homicide or abandonment because according to Italian law, doctors have a legal obligation to preserve the life of the baby after it survives an abortion.

The Italian government is also considering an investigation into the conduct of the hospital staff.

The case reopens the debate about the legality of abortion in the mainly Roman Catholic country.

The law states that the procedure can be carried out in the first three months of a pregnancy but is restricted to special circumstances, such as disability, in the second trimester.

This is the second time in three years a 22-week-old foetus has survived an abortion in Italy.

In Britain the legal upper limit for a termination is 24 weeks but there are calls for this to be reduced as an increasing number of babies born under that age survive.

An attempt to lower the limit failed in Parliament in 2008."

I can't help but feel sick at the thought of people murdering babies. 'Cos that's what abortion is. I have had a couple of people around me that have had abortions, one of them was strictly medical (the mother would have died if she hadn't have aborted) but the other ones have been the mother's choice. Why do you kill babies that can be saved from dying? Where is the love in that? But, no, we have to be "pro-choice". Not that the baby chose to die, it was the mother's choice. It's murder.

I'll write when I'm in a better mood.
Sarah