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View Poll Results: Pro choice or pro life?
I am pro-life with children 79 18.12%
I am pro-life without children 69 15.83%
No opinion-don't care 18 4.13%
I am pro-choice with children 124 28.44%
I am pro-choice without children 146 33.49%
Voters: 436. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 05-18-2009, 05:28 PM
 
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Ok people, after having to sift through a never ending stream of repetitious threads about every minute differing nuance of this debate, we are going to have a single thread.

Please post any issues concerning the abortion debate in this thread, any further threads started will be deleted.

 
Old 05-18-2009, 05:59 PM
 
Location: Romeoville, IL
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Abortion is bad and kills people. Abortionists are evil people. Those who have abortion need to seek professional help if they can't see it for what it is, murder.

/End.
 
Old 05-18-2009, 06:15 PM
 
Location: Virginia Beach
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Abortion is bad and kills people. Abortionists are evil people. Those who have abortion need to seek professional help if they can't see it for what it is, murder.

/End.

And I respectfully disagree with your opinion. I see nothing wrong with a woman wanting to rid her body of an unwanted life.
 
Old 05-18-2009, 06:41 PM
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Location: Texas
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Well, I see the opening shots have been fired....
 
Old 05-18-2009, 06:47 PM
 
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Why not lock the other abortion threads? It appears the Republican Party is pushing down on her favorite issue now that they're not in power. There will be multiple threads on this topic until the next Republican victory. One is enough.
 
Old 05-18-2009, 08:10 PM
 
Location: St. Joseph Area
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You cannot have a rational debate about abortion. You might as well try and stop the waves.
 
Old 05-18-2009, 09:27 PM
 
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An excerpt from an opinion piece on the FoxNews' Faith section...
  1. Can we agree that the number of abortions needs to be reduced?
  2. Can we border on caution when it comes to the question of when life begins?
  3. Can we agree that inconvenience is not a proper reason for an abortion?
  4. Can we speak to those of an opposite viewpoint without using hate speech?
  5. Can we choose to promote a culture of life?
  6. Can we encourage adoption, recognizing the many parents who would love and cherish a baby?
  7. Can we help teens see that abstinence is the best option and clearest way to avoid STDs, regret and abortions?
  8. Can we agree that there is no greater gift than life?
  9. Can we agree that this is ultimately an issue that transcends politics?
  10. Can we agree that you and I wouldn’t be able to have an opinion on this issue if we had been aborted?
 
Old 05-18-2009, 10:37 PM
 
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Originally Posted by Omahabound View Post
An excerpt from an opinion piece on the FoxNews' Faith section...
  1. Can we agree that the number of abortions needs to be reduced?
  2. Can we border on caution when it comes to the question of when life begins?
  3. Can we agree that inconvenience is not a proper reason for an abortion?
  4. Can we speak to those of an opposite viewpoint without using hate speech?
  5. Can we choose to promote a culture of life?
  6. Can we encourage adoption, recognizing the many parents who would love and cherish a baby?
  7. Can we help teens see that abstinence is the best option and clearest way to avoid STDs, regret and abortions?
  8. Can we agree that there is no greater gift than life?
  9. Can we agree that this is ultimately an issue that transcends politics?
  10. Can we agree that you and I wouldn’t be able to have an opinion on this issue if we had been aborted?

 
Old 05-18-2009, 11:59 PM
 
Location: Connecticut
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Proudly Pro-Life without children.
 
Old 05-19-2009, 05:48 AM
 
Location: Virginia Beach
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Originally Posted by Omahabound View Post
An excerpt from an opinion piece on the FoxNews' Faith section...
  1. Can we agree that the number of abortions needs to be reduced?
Not particuarly, as I see nothing wrong with the number of abortions now.

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Can we border on caution when it comes to the question of when life begins?
I personally believe life begins as soon as the egg is fertilized. The real question is whether or not that life holds any more weight than the life of the incubator

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Can we agree that inconvenience is not a proper reason for an abortion?
No, because I cannot think of one "improper" reason to have an abortion.

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Can we speak to those of an opposite viewpoint without using hate speech?
Without a shadow of a doubt.

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Can we choose to promote a culture of life?
Define "culture of life".

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Can we encourage adoption, recognizing the many parents who would love and cherish a baby?
Only as long as the adopting family pays for all the medical expenses of the incubator. Adoption solves unwanted parenting, not unwanted pregnancy. That's why I don't really consider adoption to be a viable alternative to abortion.

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Can we help teens see that abstinence is the best option and clearest way to avoid STDs, regret and abortions?
We can certainly mention it in sex ed, but abstinence is a very unrealistic ideal to force upon others.

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Can we agree that there is no greater gift than life?
Absolutely. But I wouldn't of want to "force" anyone to give that gift if they don't want to.

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Can we agree that this is ultimately an issue that transcends politics?
Without a shadow of a doubt. Ultimately, when it comes down to it and whatever side your on, it's an issue of a woman's bodily domain vs a fetus's right to life, and what law upholds what.

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Can we agree that you and I wouldn’t be able to have an opinion on this issue if we had been aborted?
Yes. Although I wouldn't have known, nor I wouldn't have cared, so this point doesn't bother me one bit.
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