Michigan State University Op Ed Calls Pregnancy a “Sexually Transmitted Disease”

AZCONSERVATIVE ^ | 5 Aug 2006 | John Semmens

[John Semmens]

In a July column, a sophomore at Michigan State University has declared that pregnancy is a “sexually transmitted disease.” Writing for The State News, the campus paper of Michigan State University, Ian Twitty writes, “Pregnancy symptoms read like those of a disease. There’s abdominal and other swelling of the body, fatigue, nausea. Let’s face it. Pregnancy is a disease. The decision as to whether to let the disease ‘run its course’ or cure it via abortion is purely a matter of personal preference. Anti-abortionists who claim that there is a moral or ethical dimension are hysterical liars.”

[socialismisinsidious]

Some more rhetoric from the same nut: "The fetus is merely a wad of cells. A mere wad of cells doesn't equate to a fully functioning, living human being. A wad of cells cannot make its own cognitive decisions… Comparatively, a fetus is little more than a tapeworm. It is quite common for humans to annihilate parasites with medications or toxins, so why not allow for fetuses to suffer the same fate?"

found here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1676667/posts

[traditional1]

The writer neglects to mention that she is the product of a diseased mother, then, but that is always omitted.

Ever wonder about all the non-aborted self-haters who subscribe to the "women's right to choose" argument?

Had these people had Mothers who had followed their agenda, they wouldn't be here bitching about it.

[Pontiac]

Pregnancy is a disease.

To make an analogy that would follow this premise to a logical conclusion;

This youngster is like a scar left by a boil on her mother’s bottom.

[PistolPaknMama]

I caught that twice. Two best STD's I ever had. 18-year (then some) incubation period but after that I was fine.

Was there any mention of the drugs these people are on? I didn't click the link.

[grey_whiskers]

John Semmens at AZConservative posts SATIRE.

(Yes I know about the earlier article from Michigan State, it is that article which is being satirized...)

Cheers!

[PistolPaknMama]

Ahhhh! I missed that. I still enjoyed both of my STD's, with a relapse every now and then. :-)