Uh Oh, Do I Smell Abortion Hypocracy?

From MWO:

"Where are all the so-called "pro-lifers" who tell us pregnant women considering abortion and the public considering abortion rights must view images of aborted fetuses if they are to make a fully informed judgment, since witnessing the gruesome realities is important in determining whether abortion or abortion rights are moral - a perfectly reasonable position?

Why aren't they demanding for these images of wounded or slaughtered children to be featured in every newspaper and on every TV network, so that Americans can make an informed decision about the justification and morality of this war?

They might say the slaughter is taking place for a "greater good," the "liberation of Iraq," so we needn't bother ourselves with the gory, demoralizing details.

But an argument is made frequently and effectively that the greatest obstacle to the liberation of people in many of the poorest, most oppressed countries in the world is a lack of reproductive freedom of any kind for women (a condition strongly supported by both the most radical Islamic fundamentalists and their American counterparts - the theocratic Bush regime and its "Christian" fundie constituency), and that women in any country cannot become or remain liberated if the state controls their reproductive rights. For those reasons, some say abortion rights and access to birth control are crucial in "liberation" of all populations.

Strangely, though, that position doesn't seem to move those who claim to support the slaughter of Iraqi children in the name of a greater "liberation," and they don't believe we should be spared the gory, demoralizing details of abortion.

It couldn't be that the views of rabid "pro-lifers" on the issue of abortion are based not in concern for "protecting the unborn" but in a belief that the right of the state to force citizens to remain pregnant and give birth against their will must be preserved as a punishment for women who engage in sex. Could it?

Until the likes of Bill Bennett begin clamoring for networks to show images of wounded or killed civilians and soldiers in the name of informing our views on the war, intelligent people must conclude their motives regarding abortion are in fact quite suspect. Or quite obvious."