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And by the way, the 'fetus' is a blobby cluster of cells for a good long while before birth
And by the way, what has that got to do with the question of whether it's alive or not? But don't let me stop you if you'd like to justify this slaughter with the argument that it doesn't LOOK human yet.
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Why should a woman be forced to deliver a baby when she was raped?
Because KILLING it would make her guilty of murder.
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THINK about if it actually happened to you. She didn't ask for it, she wasn't ready for it; but it happened. Will you welcome the new baby as your own or as your nephew/niece, grandchild, etc., knowing that s/he was the result of rape, one of the worst things that can happen to a woman?
Not neccessarily. I might put the baby up for adoption.
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That's why I'm so glad that the right to choose forms of reproductive healthcare such as abortion remains protected. I certainly don't want the fate of my womb decided by people who make statements like the "can't keep her legs closed" routine seen here.
The "right to choose" to kill. The only thing we want to decide is that there IS a fate for the baby.
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As for the guy who said that homosexuality was unnatural: I've a pet male peacock that regularly mounts a male rooster. The peacock doesn't like the hens ... just the rooster. My neighbor has two male lop-eared bunnies that also engage in homosexual behavior. Homosexuality is quite common in the natural world.
Well thanks for letting me know; that makes everything all right. If there are enough people doing something, that makes it natural. So my dog runs naked in our backyard and runs around on all fours. Heck, that makes it NATURAL for humans, too!
I think it shows how desperate you're getting if your opinions on the natural behavior of humans are based upon the behavior of your pet PEACOCK.
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I've read all sorts of people who've tried to distort the bible to cover abortion. The fact of the matter is: the bible doesn't address the issue
MURDER is wrong. The Bible DOES say that, it's one of the commandments. That's hardly a distortion.
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and there are as many comments in the bible which support terminating pregnancy as there are glorifying human life at every stage
The Bible does not support killing the unborn out of convenience. I can guarantee that.
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Even though the people who posted the "can't keep her legs closed" comments will probably *say* they are merely championing personal responsibility, their words belie utter contempt for women and female sexuality.
Heck, you know, I really have to think about that. Because after all, it's your God-given right as a woman to be able to murder someone because it is CONVENIENT. Which is why most abortions take place, not because of rape. And it's not "personal responsibility" so much as the right for all human beings to live.
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Ever know a woman who miscarried in the first month or two of pregnancy? I have -- there's no loss of human life involved.
There sure as heck is. Only in this case, it's a tragedy and the woman is obviously not to blame.
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In my opinion life begins once an organium can begin to preform all of its internal opertation independantly, that is if it were to be left alone and no one aided it life by getting food or would starve to death. that is why i consider a baby life and a fetus a fetus. if you were to leave a fetus alone it would not be able to function properly with out the aid of a mothers womb. to grow a fetus needs already digested food, to function a fetus needs a blood supply that is not its own. that is why i dont consider contraception the begining of life. the birth is, thats why we celebrate birthdays not contraception days, cus your birthday it is the anniversary of your life begining. your only commiting murder if you forcefully take a life of something that would have been able to survive by itself had you not acted upon it. thats jsut the way i see it.
What about old people in the hospital on temporary life-support? Are they NO LONGER ALIVE because they are not living independently? Are they NO LONGER HUMAN? If I walked to their bed and shot them to death, would I be innocent of murder because they were unable to function independently?
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When does life begin?...I can't answer that one
I can. It begins at conception, when the sperm meets the egg and completely different DNA is created. That's scientific fact.
From the MOMENT OF CONCEPTION, that baby has completely different DNA from the mother. It's another person.
It's alive, correct? Yes, the fetus has life. Plant life? No. Animal life? No. Guess what? It's HUMAN life.
And when you "abort" or end this human life, and it was INNOCENT human life, that constitutes MURDER, whether you like the sound of the word or not.