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I seriously wonder how many pro lifers would bring a baby to term if it was the result of rape or incest. You all know talk is cheap and people would like to say what they think others want to hear. Especially the more opinioniated. Truth be told. I'm sure a lot of thought would be given to having such a baby. Just remember, you take a woman's right to choose out of the equation then you have NO options. If you don't believe in abortion, DON'T have one but why would you want to limit other women's options?
I think it's a valid point. But the % of abortions due to rape or incest is pretty small. We should all be horrified at nearly 1,000,000 abortions per year.
I think it's a valid point. But the % of abortions due to rape or incest is pretty small. We should all be horrified at nearly 1,000,000 abortions per year.
I am far more horrified at women being forced into being incubators.
You will pay more for unwanted children or children whose parents are not equipped to take care of them, and either dump them in foster care or expect the government to provide for them via welfare, food stamps, etc. for 18 years. Do the math.?
Read what I posted. If you want freedom choice, YOU pay for the consequences. Not me. Not the government. As long as there is a system in place to relieve people of the responsibility of dealing with the consequences of their choices, they'll continue to choose poorly. Again - I'm pro-choice - choose to engage in activities that result in babies and be prepared to raise said babies. We've become a society of enablers.
Another downside to being pro-life is that there are way too many humans on the planet And that in itself is promoting climate change, creating famines and causing many other species to go extinct.
But that can also be accomplished by being responsible and using birth control. I am pro choice but beyond pregnancy there are STD's some of which stay with you for life.
I think it is quite sad that you don't see the irrationality, and even evil, in what you are saying.
You are making a false equivalence. This isn't a question of morality, but only of pragmatism. They couldn't actually save the lives of the embryos even if they tried. They are already dead. Or at least, 99.9999% would have died, so it is a pointless endeavor.
A more honest scenario might be, if a pregnant woman shows up at a hospital, and there was a complication in her pregnancy. Let us pretend that she was seven-months pregnant, and in this case, the doctors could either save her, or they could save her baby. Who should the doctors save?
That isn't such an easy answer, and over our history, this question has been answered differently by different people. And even today, many women would rather sacrifice their own lives, so that their unborn children can live.
I read a story the other day how a pregnant woman with cancer, refused chemo, because it would have killed her baby.
Was she a fool? Had you been in her shoes, would you have aborted the baby and taken the chemo?
Evil? Are you aware that most pro-lifers believe abortion is OK when it is used to save the life of the mother?
Embryos aren't alive? Mind telling me how in vitro fertilization works if they are dead?
When a pregnancy threatens the life of a woman, the decision whether or not to continue the pregnancy, just like abortion, should be up to the woman.
As far as your scenario, what if the father was killed shortly after the mother was impregnated and there are already children at home?
How many mothers would decide to leave all of those children orphans rather than abort? If a woman in that situation decided to abort would she be a fool?
I think it is quite sad that you don't see the irrationality, and even evil, in what you are saying.
You are making a false equivalence. This isn't a question of morality, but only of pragmatism. They couldn't actually save the lives of the embryos even if they tried. They are already dead. Or at least, 99.9999% would have died, so it is a pointless endeavor.
A more honest scenario might be, if a pregnant woman shows up at a hospital, and there was a complication in her pregnancy. Let us pretend that she was seven-months pregnant, and in this case, the doctors could either save her, or they could save her baby. Who should the doctors save?
That isn't such an easy answer, and over our history, this question has been answered differently by different people. And even today, many women would rather sacrifice their own lives, so that their unborn children can live.
I read a story the other day how a pregnant woman with cancer, refused chemo, because it would have killed her baby.
Was she a fool? Had you been in her shoes, would you have aborted the baby and taken the chemo?
If it was the same story I read, she was an absolute fool because she ended up dying leaving 5 other children to survive without her. I find that extremely selfish.
I can't believe it is a big topic in the US. The civilized world had it sorted out a long time ago.
That's because the rest of the civilized world is mostly secular. We have lots of religious zealots here in the US who try to force their beliefs onto others.
I read that and couldn't believe it. I sympathize this couple and felt throwing up when they say "we are pro-life". Jesus, this is NOT what pro-life means. Kill the mother to save a very early infant who has slim chance to survive in the first place?
In such circumstances, ALWAYS SAVE THE MOTHER FIRST!
I read that and couldn't believe it. I sympathize this couple and felt throwing up when they say "we are pro-life". Jesus, this is NOT what pro-life means. Kill the mother to save a very early infant who has slim chance to survive in the first place?
In such circumstances, ALWAYS SAVE THE MOTHER FIRST!
I knew a good Catholic woman who had six kids, was pregnant with her seventh, and was told that if she continued with the pregnancy it would kill both her and the child. But good Catholic that she was, she refused to terminate the pregnancy. The baby died within minutes of being born and she died shortly thereafter, leaving six children, all under 14, without a mom.
I'm sure all the good anti-choice posters here would say she made the right decision--that it was God's decision to take her. Her six children, however, would probably beg to differ.
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