If I should become pregnant, I would have an abortion. I had my share of parenthood helping to raise my stepdaughter; that’s as much motherhood as I need, want, and can handle. I don’t think abortion is ever a Good Thing, but sometimes it is the Only Right Thing, and therefore it should be legal, a decision to be made by a woman and, with her consent, the man involved, not by a government.
In Mahayana Buddhism, the bodhisattva Kshitigarbha, best known by his Japanese name of Jizo, is the helper of beings who suffer in the hell realms and of children who die before their parents, including those who are stillborn, miscarried, or aborted. For the past day I have been thinking that Jizo will protect Dr. Tiller, who did his best for the unborn whom Jizo helps to good rebirths. As I was reading about him this morning, I realized that Jizo will help the doctor’s murderer, too, if he wants to get out of the hell he’s in.
I agree with you completely on this one. Such a sad event.
Oh! and on a completely different topic: I don’t play piano often, but when I do it’s usually Scott Joplin. Great stuff. “Solace” is my favorite. I think I always knew the color of his skin (goes to check) yep, there’s a grainy photo of him on my book of music.
I had a black and white TV during the first Iraq war, and I honestly did not know that Colin Powell is African-American. I just thought he had a good tan. What a surprise!
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