Posted on 12/03/2011 12:07:46 PM PST by wide meadow
It may seem a technical point to some, but to those focused on abortion as an issue, it isn’t.
Breaking from groups that believe human life begins at the moment an egg is fertilized — also the position of the Catholic Church, of which he is a member — former House Speaker Newt Gingrich told ABC News he believes life begins at implantation.
But he expressed confidence that he can win the vote of anti-abortion activists despite this difference.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
You are spewing pure sophistry. Conservatives aren’t against birth control. And neither is the Catholic Church... The Church recommends using calendar-based contraceptive methods, otherwise known as the rhythm method.
Anyway, something tells me you are a Democrat and you’re just trying to stir up trouble. Republicans are much more intelligent than you are.
Oh my God not BIRTH CONTROL!!
Kill Gingrich, better yet vote Obama!
Some percentage of you are preposterous.
Do you think a conservative judge appointed by Gingrich will be hearing an “implantation” case ?
Of late, the only one that wouldn't be in a position of deal killing as a candidate is "The Pinball Wizard".
You are a retard.
And yes, I know it is insensitive to use that word, but sometimes it just fits.
Now run back to your tree and swing from some vines.
The difference between fertilization and implementation in his definition creates wiggle room to deny that the pill causes abortion, which it does, and allows "emergency contreception," a scientific nonsense term that the embryo can be killed after conception and still be a "contraceptive" with such drugs as RU-486.
Yep. Axelrod's plans are rolling out to perfection.
If life begins at fertilization, then I guess that means the catholic church is for in vitro fertilization?
I mean how does a woman know she’s pregnant if there is no implantation? If life begins at fertilization, which I guess technically it does, then the day after pill is an abortion pill.
If life begins at fertilization, then if you have in vitro fertilization, i.e. multiple embyros, then destroying some of those embryos is abortion?
I think we’re getting away from the real issue, i.e. how do you feel about ending a pregnancy? Newt is clearly against that.
That all? Implantation can easily mean sperm fertilizing the egg. Whether from a man or a lab procedure.
Thank you for the transcript.
‘Conception’ is not mentioned - only ‘implantation’ and a subsequent post describes the journey from fallopian tube to uterus.
IVF was my first train of thought - but that does not appear to have been discussed.
Thx again.
Newt is wrong and confused. Biologically life begins at Conception. There at that time is a one cell living organism. That is a fact. The Medical Term Pregancy begins at implantation. Not life. He is getting wiggly. Now if you are a liberal life is begins at alot of different stages. Have your pick. Consciousness, When the developing fetus feels pain, at birth, when the female carrying it says it does or maybe at 2 years of age. Men shut up.
Technically it does begin at fertilization but if it fails to implant there will be no baby....Many do fail to implant without anyone interfering.
Amen!While I am very anti abortion I realize that if we don’t save the republic first it will be a moot point.
“ABC trying to start a fight amongst conservatives.”
Exactly. They are a bit premature, though, since Newt doesn’t yet have the nomination.
The issue under discussion was the point at which law should be invoked to protect nascent life. The Catholic Church seeks to protect nascent life from the moment of conception onward. That is, sadly, not a possibility with law, at this point in human History. Someday, humankind might learn to remove an embryonic aged human even beofre implantation and gestate that little one to natural birth age. We are not there yet. But Science is approaching that point, albeit for selfish financial reasons. In Japan, researchers have kept a placental goat alive artificially for seventeen weeks, to natural birth age, IIRC. And that was years ago, so they may have improved on even that ability.
Yes I am Catholic and know that...I was just pointing out if it fails to implant.If we ever get to that point then the pro aborts will have to finally admit that it is all bait killing the child and little to do with anything else.
Yes I am Catholic and know that...I was just pointing out if it fails to implant.If we ever get to that point then the pro aborts will have to finally admit that it is all about killing the child and little to do with anything else.
Does the Catholic Church support your insensitivity and your mocking of the less fortunate? I think not. Surely you know the Church teaches us to value every life, and that Christ told us to turn the other cheek. yet you strike out in anger.
You will never be President. Or Pope.
“Lest we forget, nobody is perfect and we need leadership not perfection.”
Newt has neither. Next applicant, please.
Nor will you, Skippy.
Not running and neither is Palin. Now let’s win this thing and not fall into media traps.
I am not a Newt supporter, I wasn’t a Cain suporter, etc. Actually I was a Palin supporter but I will vote for any of them against Obama.
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