Attack of the Baby Killers

We all know that Africa suffers from a lot of troubles.  Economically deprived, chronically corrupt, ravished by a seemingly endless string of wars and political upheavals with many lacking access to basic amenities like food and clean water, let alone things that we take for granted in the west, such as education, health services and electricity.  In some African nations, HIV infects the majority of the population.

With all those problems to deal with, you’d think that world leaders would have their hands pretty full.  Apparently not.  Today, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband have both waded into the row about abortion in Africa.  The Ignatieff’s Federal Liberal Party of Canada seems to think that offering all African women access to baby-killing services should be high on the international agenda.  Sensibly enough, PM Steven Harper has refused to do so at the forthcoming meeting of the G7, which he is due to host.

So why is it that the Leftist governments of the States and Britain and equally opposition in Canada view killing unborn babies as such a panacea for Africa’s many problems?  Shouldn’t they be focusing on bigger issues, like ensuring that the children who are allowed to be born have access to clean water, education and peace, so that one day Africa may be able to enjoy the western lifestyles?  It may be a long way off, but some countries such as Ghana, Zambia and Botswana are already making real progress.  They should be upheld as beacons of hope for Africans suffering under the despotic regimes in DRC, Zimbabwe, Darfur and elsewhere.

I believe that there is a simple reason why the Left is kicking up such a stink about offering all African women abortions.  Without it, the media may instead focus on the failures of so many western governments to deal with the genuine problems in Africa.  Anything that keeps Darfur off the front pages will be welcomed in the White House and Ten Downing Street, who have stood by as genocide has taken place, despite claims by both governments that they have embraced new ethical foreign policies.

With the forthcoming general election in Britain set to see one of the nastiest campaigns in history, as a desperate Labour government seeks to cling onto power, we can expect a lot of “Baby-eating” accusations flung at the Conservatives there – by the Trots at the Mirror and the Labour Blogs.  The Labour Government’s support for these baby-killing plans could come back to haunt them.