Ad Patriam Meam: A Letter

Dear America, Know this, homeland of mine: I love you, more than words can say. I could, to quote Coldplay, "write a song/a hundred miles long" about all the reasons why . Maybe I will, another time. (photo by Morgan Sessions ) But not now. Oh, not now. In truth, I don't even know what to say, how to begin. This abortion thing? The videos exposing Planned Parenthood that have so recently gone viral? It all leaves me sick. Heartbroken. Weeping. And angry. The real issue isn't if Planned Parenthood is profiting off of sales of fetal tissue or if they are merely covering their expenses in the tissue donation. That is a valid question, and one that opens up a lot of legal ramifications. But it isn't the heart of the matter. This is: our nation is okay with killing people. And this conversation is not about killing enemy soldiers in wartime, or those clearly convicted of heinous crimes. It's about babies, about human beings who ar