I don’t usually get political here, but Julie’s right; we have to speak up. She was prompted by the House of Representatives’ rejection of a ban on sex-selection abortions, which stunned her.

Alas, I’m not stunned, shocked, surprised, horrified, or otherwise thrown for a loop. I’m saddened; but not surprised.

It’s wrong to kill a baby just because she’s a girl. But first, it’s wrong to kill a baby. We’ve been killing babies in this country on an industrial scale since the early ’70’s. It’s wrong. It’s evil. Many people in our government are heavily invested in preserving the right to kill babies. So I’m not surprised.

I’m reminded of the story told of Winston Churchill, who asked a society dame whether she’d sleep with him for a million pounds. “You know, Winston, I rather believe I would,” she said. So he asked whether she’d sleep with him for one pound, and she was shocked. “What kind of a woman do you think I am?” she cried.

“We’ve established what you are, madam,” he said. “Now we’re just haggling over the price.”

Trying to ban sex-selection abortion is a good thing, because banning any abortion is a good thing. But at a national level, I fear we’ve established what we are.