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Old 10-27-2012, 11:20 PM
 
Location: Baltimore, MD / NY
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Simply brilliant.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/op...-pro-life.html

I'd quote a few key, specific sections, but think it's quite worthwhile to read the article in its entirety.
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Old 10-28-2012, 03:53 AM
 
Location: Los Angeles County, CA
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Abortion stops a beating heart.

That should explain why I am pro-life.
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Old 10-28-2012, 04:03 AM
 
Location: University City, Philadelphia
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I think there will always be abortions taking place.

If abortions are made illegal, they will still happen in every city and every state in the US. However, we will see the rise of back-alley abortions, the procedure done by non-medical people, coat hangers, etc.

Prohibiting abortions would be a new "Prohibition" era in the US, and we see how "Prohibition" worked regardless of how well intentioned the advocates were for that measure.
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Old 10-28-2012, 04:19 AM
 
Location: Saudi Arabia
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Abortion stops a beating heart.

That should explain why I am pro-life.
I'm Pro-Life because the alternative is bloody death.
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Old 10-28-2012, 04:30 AM
 
Location: Iowa, Heartland of Murica
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I am pro-choice and pro-life people are mostly religious nutcases who have absolutely no understanding of Science.

A fetus cannot feel pain until about 24 weeks- it cannot exist on its own without the mother, therefore it is not yet a human being.

This argument about the "beating heart" is like equating a tadpole with a frog- absolute irrational. If abortion was "murder"- people would be serving time for it.
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Old 10-28-2012, 04:34 AM
 
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Abortion stops a beating heart.

That should explain why I am pro-life.
So does war and executions. But those are a-ok right?
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Old 10-28-2012, 04:40 AM
 
Location: Iowa, Heartland of Murica
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So does war and executions. But those are a-ok right?

Exactly! These religious nutcases are absolutely obsessed with abortion but when the USA goes to Iraq or Afghanistan and kills thousands of innocent children, somehow, it is OK or justified.

I don't care if people are pro-life, that is their choice but what bothers me is how hypocritical these pro-life people are.
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Old 10-28-2012, 04:48 AM
 
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Exactly! These religious nutcases are absolutely obsessed with abortion but when the USA goes to Iraq or Afghanistan and kills thousands of innocent children, somehow, it is OK or justified.

I don't care if people are pro-life, that is their choice but what bothers me is how hypocritical these pro-life people are.
I completely agree. The right wingers are the most hypocritical pieces of trash on the planet.
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Old 10-28-2012, 04:52 AM
 
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Where`s the outrage from these people when a dozen or so living human beings are gunned down at the movie theater,church,school,etc.? Pro war and pro gun is pro life?
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Old 10-28-2012, 04:55 AM
 
Location: Missouri, USA
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I think there will always be abortions taking place.

If abortions are made illegal, they will still happen in every city and every state in the US. However, we will see the rise of back-alley abortions, the procedure done by non-medical people, coat hangers, etc.

Prohibiting abortions would be a new "Prohibition" era in the US, and we see how "Prohibition" worked regardless of how well intentioned the advocates were for that measure.
This...This is well said. Arguments over how late it should be legal are important, but it needs to be legalized.
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