Not the way it's supposed to be

Last night Michelle and I watched a movie called Lars and the Real Girl. As we were getting ready to watch the movie and Michelle was reading the box, she made an interesting, and sad, observation.

If you burn a copy of this onto a blank DVD and give it to a friend, you are subject to five years imprisonment:


But if you get pregnant and 8 months later you decide that you don't want this, you can pay someone to kill it and be celebrated for your bravery in exercising your freedom to choose:



What does this say about what we value as a nation? And how long can a nation whose values are so grossly out of whack continue to thrive?