Posted on 11/11/2012 8:55:29 PM PST by SquarePants
Maybe they are, but I don’t see them pushing it or trying hard to sell other women on it.
Indeed. Good politicians would know this instinctively.
We do not seem to have those.
The best policy for pro-life politicians is just to shut up about it—and refuse to explain in detail one’s position:
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I agree with most of your post....but, with this...I disagree. People need to learn to intelligently defend their moral positions. THIS is exactly what is NOT being done.
You’re changing your hypothetical as often happens in these types of arguments. You’re arguing from emotion rather than fact, and the facts will always add up to It’s *her* pregnancy.
It’s not my choice. If it was my choice I would choose pro-life. And I was quite clear, it’s *her* pregnancy, our child.
As for why? I’ve already said why. She is the one that’s pregnant, not me. It’s 100% her body and 50% her child, only 50% my child.
And that’s just if I’m the father. If I’m not the father than it’s none of my business unless she asks me for advice.
I do not believe abortion is a good choice for Birth Control but in the end, Its not my decision to make.
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OK....hypothetical question:
I’m a single mom and I choose to euthanize my 2 year old child. This child is overwhelming me and I can’t have a good quality of life this way....and it’s not good for the child either. You have NO say. It’s MY decision to make.
America is either for protecting the very young or it is not. You are not, so drop the charades don'tchaknow.
Side stepping is a politician’s speciality. Do you actually see them directly answering anything?
If the male has NO part in the decision, then the male should NOT be held responsible in any way for the child. This includes child support. The female cannot have it both ways.
Here’s one for you.
What if genetics allowed us to determine within a degree of certainty that the child would be Gay, Liberal, Anti-Christian, Pedophile, murderer, arsonist and deranged Big Gulp drinker — all at the same time ...... And you are a religious fundamentalists given the task of determining whether we cut the child from the womb of the mother who wants an abortion, killing the mother during the process, then putting the viable Fetus in an incubator tank to bring it to term, then lock it up in solitude forever because it’s so deranged, or letting the mother have her will.
Those are the only decisions you can make. No Kobayashi Maru for you, What decision do you make?
Hypotheticals are so pre-school, don’t bother us with them.
Married white females perhaps but I don't buy for a minute that single white females voted for Romney by such a margin.
Gosh, how quaint, you built a straw man.
My funding source is the US government - it’s already bankrupt so no problem. My intent was also to give poor minorities an income stream. Abort away!
I did’t know this. Thanks!
The problem is that a large number of people reject the idea of that being a profound moral principle. Enough to determine the winner of an election.
Your focus is on the *pregnancy* instead of the CHILD.
Because of this...my hypothetical changes nothing. The focus IS the CHILD. AND...the genetics come from both parents...but the CHILD belongs to God.
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you...” (Jeremiah 1:5)
The BASIS for law that forbids the killing of another (except in defense of life) IS God’s law. We should ALL stand for that. According to God’s law, she has NO such choice....just as I have NO such choice to euthanize my unwanted 2 year old....and you have NO such choice to kill your next-door neighbor no matter how much he annoys you.
I hope you realize exactly how morally bankrupt such a statement is.
Careful there, the poster will try to put a match to your ‘strawman’. The bankrupt soul must have its excuse to reamin dead.
Careful there, the poster will try to put a match to your ‘strawman’. The bankrupt soul must have its excuse to remain dead.
The problem is that a large number of people reject the idea of that being a profound moral principle.
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THAT is why a CLEAR moral, logical case MUST be made for this. By the way, the tide is already turning...thanks to medical technology. Our work, then is to present a moral, logical case for why God’s law is the greatest of wisdom...for the best welfare of everyone.
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