Depravity

I remember well as a kid my horror at seeing the documentaries filmed chronicling the Nazi death camps and the wickedness that prevailed.  

I recall particularly and vividly the bulldozers used to bury victims in mass graves.  I remember as if it were yesterday the fingernail scratches carved out of the ceilings of the gas chambers that were made out to look like large shower rooms.  

And who can forget seeing the survivors with their hollow stares into the cameras, their appearance gastly and grotesque.  Writing these words brings back the disgust felt then and the question of how humans could do such a thing to each other.

Nothing's changed:

Investigators say all 248 fetuses discovered in a Urals forest were likely intended for use in scientific research. Most were terminated after the fifth month of pregnancy.

According to police, forensic examinations showed most of the fetuses were terminated at 22-26 weeks of pregnancy. Initially, it was thought they were 12-16 weeks. All the fetuses were mummified.

Investigators continue to probe the origin of the fetuses, which were sealed in plastic containers and discarded in a remote location in the Sverdlovsk Region. The prevailing theory is that the remains were being used in scientific research, but police emphasize that it is just one of several leads they are working around.

The late stage at which all 248 fetuses were terminated has forced some to believe they are dealing with a coordinated crime.

Elena Mizulina, head of the State Duma Committee on Issues of Family, Women and Children, believes this incident is a case of mass illegal abortions, which she says are rife in the country.

“Such abortions are illegal,” she said in an interview to newspaper Izvestia, “because they are performed at stages when it’s dangerous for the mother, and is the murder of a rather developed embryo. What were found in those containers are not embryos – they are killed unborn human beings.”

Mizulina believes the means of disposal itself – in a forest in the Urals Mountains, and not in the proper facility – shows the criminal intent of whoever was involved in this gruesome act.

There are pictures at the link that bring the horror home.  It is not for the faint of heart.

God have mercy on us.

Via Mr. Shea.

 

Comments

[Patricia]

I have never understood why abortion is legal before a certain time of development of the baby (not "fetus"). It's like giving permission to kill your daughter before she turns ten years old; after that, nope, can't do that - same thought processes. At the moment of conception is when the new combination of DNA kicks in and you have a new and lovely human being. Anyone who has held a newborn in his/her arms can attest to the awesome miracle of life. I had that privilege with five sons!