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October 9, 2009

Tom W. Shaw

I have a confession to make. Simply, I have been unworried, untroubled and unconcerned. I was unwilling to take the time to study the subject of life and unenthusiastic about preserving it. Abortion didn’t affect me, so, why should I invest any thought into the debate? Although I did not believe in abortion, I was disposed to allowing the mother to make her own decision … she would have to live with it. In short, it was none of my business.

A few years back, during the process of a sexual assault investigation, I was sent to get evidence at a Planned Parenthood clinic. The alleged victim in the case decided to have an abortion and I was to pick up the aborted fetus and take it to the crime lab for DNA analysis. And to the clinic I went, totally unprepared for what I was to encounter. I told an employee that I was there to retrieve a fetus. I was immediately told that it was not a fetus, rather, it was a “product of conception.” Moments later, I was handed a small, plastic bag. (Another confession: My stomach turned violently and I almost vomited.) I did not see a “product of conception” in that bag, I saw a murdered baby. It’s hard to relate the emotional turmoil that I subsequently went through. I can, and frequently do, deal with dead bodies. But I was totally repulsed by the fact that riding next to me in my patrol car, in a cooler, packed in ice, was an innocent victim who was robbed of the opportunity to live its life.

It is my business. No longer will I allow those who support abortion to dehumanize a baby by calling it a “product of conception.”

It is my business. No longer will I fail to uphold my duty to protect all innocent life.

It is my business. No longer will I violate my oath by not defending the God given right to life.

It is my business. No longer shall I be complacent.

Powerful.

Also posted HERE .

Great post Tom. Confession is good for the soul. I think many of us, particularly us men, were of the same or similar mindset when we were ignorant on the subject. [I call the 'It's none of my business" a Ross Perot position] I confess I held the Rape & Incest exception before taking the time to simply apply logic, common sense and Christian principles to the issue.

One critique my friend: Not everyone knows you are a Police Chief and that can cause some needless thought diversion and diminish the overall impact of your otherwise well written post. I'd suggest inserting "as police chief" when re-posting elsewhere. Maybe like this: "A few years back, as police chief during the process of a sexual assault investigation, I was sent to get evidence at a Planned Parenthood clinic."

Tom Shaw, I wish I lived in your district so that I could vote for you!  I hope you don't mind if I publish your article far and wide.  I think it will generate a lot of comment.

God bless you, Tom!

I am publishing as we speak...sort of, lol.  Have had some insomnia troubles this week, so I figured I would work on getting the word out to all the conservative networks.  I started with my own blog:  Conservative Chick.