March 12, 2019: Isn't it ironic? * Letter to the Editor * OPINION * Del Rio News-Herald





Letter to the Editor,

Isn’t it ironic?

Democrat Senator Kamala Harris and presidential candidate from California, the state which has the largest number fleeing and coming to Texas; don’t they realize its leftist-leaning ideologies that created the reasons they are moving to Texas which fosters a strong and steady working and family-friendly environment. Isn’t it ironic?

Senator Harris condemned the policy of separating children from their parents who are apprehended illegally crossing the border saying, “The trauma these children experience will live on for decades to come. Ripping babies away from their parents to put them in cages is inhumane.”

She was dramatically speaking about “ripping babies” away from their parents. Yet, abortion, which she proudly champions, is literally and inhumanely “ripping babies” inside their mother’s womb, putting them in jars to sell their body parts.  Isn’t it ironic?

If you’ve ever left a crying toddler with a babysitter or taken a young child to school and they start crying, it appears to be a traumatic experience, but as most will attest, there are no long-term adverse effects. These crying children will live on, whereas those aborted will never get to live. Isn’t it ironic?

As President Trump so rightly stated in his State of the Union message: “There could be no greater contrast to the beautiful image of a mother holding her infant child than the chilling displays our nation saw in recent days. Lawmakers in New York cheered with delight upon the passage of legislation that would allow a baby to be ripped from the mother’s womb moments before birth. These are living, feeling, beautiful, babies who will never get the chance to share their love and dreams with the world. I am asking Congress to pass legislation to prohibit the abortion of children who can feel pain in the mother’s womb. Let us reaffirm a fundamental truth: all children, born and unborn, are made in the holy image of God.”

Senator Harris criticizes temporary child separation, whereas President Trump condemns abortion, the permanent and irreversible separation of babies from their parents.  

Marian Casillas, Ed.D.

Del Rio, Texas