How do you spell compassionate?

[richlevy]

A 22-year-old severely retarded woman was raped while in state custody in Florida. Noone seemed to notice until she was five months pregnant. Now, the governor has decided to go against the Florida Supreme Courts previous rulings and appoint a guardian for the fetus.

So picture this woman, who is supposed to be severly retarded and autistic, going into labor. If she cannot assist in her delivery, I assume there might even be a Caesarian section. So in order to be compassionate, the governor may be forcing a woman with the mental capacity of a child in kindergarten or nursery school to have the child of her rapist.

Now I really try to understand both sides of the abortion debate, and I do believe that abortion should not be as easy to get as a takeout pizza, but should require some degree of contemplation. However, I do not think many moderates would disagree about cases of incest or rape. If an actual five-year-old child were pregnant by rape, I wonder if Governor Bush would relent? Does he understand that just becuase her body is that of a small adult woman, her mind might be that of a five-year-old?

When Clinton was president I used to listen to the howls of the conservatives about the abuses of liberals in government. I am trying very hard to find one to match up to this abomination.


St. Petersburg Times - Governor orders a guardian for fetus