s&r, it was Marion who brought the issue of abortion into this thread. You said:

"I read that Marion was moved by a human situation - this is normal, and I didn't read it as political."

I didn't either, because when this thread was first started, Marion made no mention of it, and it never came up, until Marion herself refreshed the thread to update us. Please see that post of her's above, from 26 Sep 03 - 02:35 PM where she said:

"The part of the story that I didn't tell you is that halfway through the pregnancy, they learned that the baby had anencephaly, i.e., no brain, and could not live long if at all after birth. Although many people would opt for an abortion given this news, they decided as Christians and pro-lifers to continue with the pregnancy."

Marion introduced the topic of abortion into the thread there.