I am pro-choice for one reason and one only. I detest the idea of government sticking their noses into every facet of our lives. As with gay marriage, what one decides to do with ones own body is none of their business. Yet, when it comes to partial birth abortion, my soul rebels and tells my intelect, “ Shame!”. I can support abortion in the first trimester only intellectually. Emotionally, I recoil from the whole idea. Wonder which we should be guided by? Which, on the whole, intelect or emotion, are the most reliable guide? I don’t know. I just know that I, personally, even in a desparate single parent situation, with no money or means of taking care of that child, would opt for adoption to avoid abortion, no matter how heart-breaking the dicision was. I also know that I want to be free to make that decision for myself. Confusing, isn’t it, for some of us more moderate liberals?
Margie - 09:11am on 11/09/2006
I detest the idea of government sticking their noses into every facet of our lives.
I detest that too, but that’s not what would happen if abortion were banned. The government would simply be protecting the 5th amendment right to life that unborn children should have.
Rob - 10:11am on 11/09/2006
Margie: The reality is that the govt is doing that now, by elevating feticide to the status of a constitutional right. Don’t you agree with govt of the people, by the people? Why not let this “procedure” be a matter of local voting by the people impacted?
robert108 - 10:11am on 11/09/2006
BTW, I don’t mind the f-word(fetus), as long as they call it a human fetus. It’s the truth.
robert108 - 10:11am on 11/09/2006
I’m afraid you are right this time. I just don’t like to admit it to myself. Can’t go against my concience in this, tho. Any more than I can pretend to be against the war in Iraq, even tho I fear it is not winnable with massive reenforcements,incurring the draft. Other than that, I swear that I am a genuine liberal.
Margie - 10:11am on 11/09/2006
I’m afraid you are right this time. I just don’t like to admit it to myself. Can’t go against my concience in this, tho. Any more than I can pretend to be against the war in Iraq, even tho I fear it is not winnable with massive reenforcements,incurring the draft. Other than that, I swear that I am a genuine liberal.
Margie - 10:11am on 11/09/2006
Fortunately, the law doesn’t say that a few undeveloped cells should have the same rights as a fully functioning human being. Some people believe differently, but I don’t think the government should be making legislation based on the religious or emotional views of a select few.
Chad - 10:11am on 11/09/2006
Religious view? I’m an atheist, pal, but even I can recognize that a conceived child in the womb is a life.
And which law states that an unborn child isn’t a life? I’d like a citation please.
Rob - 10:11am on 11/09/2006
What is the difference in accepting a legislative dicision from Congress and accepting one on a local level? If you consider abortion to be murder, than you can’t support it on any level. You can fight to change it on both.
Margie - 10:11am on 11/09/2006
Chad: What part of human fetus don’t you understand? From the moment of conception, the individual DNA profile exists, and continues to grow and manifest until the death of the individual. No matter how you would like to deny it, it’s a human being.
I am pro-choice for one reason and one only. I detest the idea of government sticking their noses into every facet of our lives. As with gay marriage, what one decides to do with ones own body is none of their business. Yet, when it comes to partial birth abortion, my soul rebels and tells my intelect, “ Shame!”. I can support abortion in the first trimester only intellectually. Emotionally, I recoil from the whole idea. Wonder which we should be guided by? Which, on the whole, intelect or emotion, are the most reliable guide? I don’t know. I just know that I, personally, even in a desparate single parent situation, with no money or means of taking care of that child, would opt for adoption to avoid abortion, no matter how heart-breaking the dicision was. I also know that I want to be free to make that decision for myself. Confusing, isn’t it, for some of us more moderate liberals?
I detest that too, but that’s not what would happen if abortion were banned. The government would simply be protecting the 5th amendment right to life that unborn children should have.
Margie: The reality is that the govt is doing that now, by elevating feticide to the status of a constitutional right. Don’t you agree with govt of the people, by the people? Why not let this “procedure” be a matter of local voting by the people impacted?
BTW, I don’t mind the f-word(fetus), as long as they call it a human fetus. It’s the truth.
I’m afraid you are right this time. I just don’t like to admit it to myself. Can’t go against my concience in this, tho. Any more than I can pretend to be against the war in Iraq, even tho I fear it is not winnable with massive reenforcements,incurring the draft. Other than that, I swear that I am a genuine liberal.
I’m afraid you are right this time. I just don’t like to admit it to myself. Can’t go against my concience in this, tho. Any more than I can pretend to be against the war in Iraq, even tho I fear it is not winnable with massive reenforcements,incurring the draft. Other than that, I swear that I am a genuine liberal.
Fortunately, the law doesn’t say that a few undeveloped cells should have the same rights as a fully functioning human being. Some people believe differently, but I don’t think the government should be making legislation based on the religious or emotional views of a select few.
Religious view? I’m an atheist, pal, but even I can recognize that a conceived child in the womb is a life.
And which law states that an unborn child isn’t a life? I’d like a citation please.
What is the difference in accepting a legislative dicision from Congress and accepting one on a local level? If you consider abortion to be murder, than you can’t support it on any level. You can fight to change it on both.
Chad: What part of human fetus don’t you understand? From the moment of conception, the individual DNA profile exists, and continues to grow and manifest until the death of the individual. No matter how you would like to deny it, it’s a human being.