February 21, 2006
Uh-oh.
Time to
sterilize my coat-hanger again.
The problem with ultra-late-term abortions is that when a exception for the "health" of the mother—excuse me: innocent victim kidnapped by vicious alien fetus—is written into the law, the phrase is often interpreted to mean "mental health," rather than "physical health." And once that interpretation is permissible, nearly every abortion can be allowed because carrying the child to term will cause the woman "distress."
(And, before everyone stampedes to either agree with me or attack me, I need to point out that I am still pro-choice. But I'm tired of seeing women buffaloed into having abortions when there are better options available. And I'd like to see a few of the "safe, legal and rare" people act like that phrase has some real meaning to them.)
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I'm glad I beat the stampede! You are right, as usual. We all have to come out of our trenches and re-address all the issues involved. We are about to approach 50 million abortions and that can't sound right to anyone. I hope.
Posted by: Darrell at February 22, 2006 01:55 PM (YzQct)
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Gee, Darrell,
Why don't you also count how many pregnancies were avoided by the use of birth control? That should inflate your numbers nicely. ;-)
Don't masturbate either, "every sperm is sacred!" (I love quoting Monty Python)
I'd bet that South Dakota must be looking pretty nice to you now.
Posted by: Yolanda at February 23, 2006 07:25 AM (dLzW2)
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I bow to your superior logic! I "forgot' all about the moral equivalency between nonreproductive sperm emissions and abortion! Why, just fooling around on the back of an envelope for a second, since 120-600 million sperm are "lost" in a single careless or premeditated ejaculation and there is a US adult male population between the ages of 15 and 64 of roughly 100 million and assuming 10% ejaculate on any given day, we have the potential for 1200 trillion(10**12)-6000 trillion "lives" lost everyday! It makes NARAL look like pikers, doesn't it?
Heck, the guy in Sioux Falls having a "taffy pull" while repeating Yo-Lan-DA! in soft moans, has a lot more to answer for!
I'd like to see you coordinating the DNC's position in these matters. Please! Pretty please? They are always on the lookout for mainstream thinkers.
Posted by: Darrell at February 23, 2006 01:08 PM (kqFnR)
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Okay, everyone's proven his/her point: we're all smart here.
But I would still like to see what can be done to curtail abortion that isn't coercive or overly statist.
Posted by: Attila Girl at February 23, 2006 02:19 PM (s96U4)
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