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To: Sloth
"And compromise is disgusting. You'd murder some children but not others, by your arbitrary standard."

I am opposed to abortion in all cases where the mother's life is not in danger or there is compelling evidence the child is so deformed it will not survive. That said your absolutist position is foolish. I would be very happy with a law that limits abortions to cases of rape and incest or life threats to the mother. It would eliminate 97% of abortions at a stroke. As Ronald Reagan said, its better to get half what you want now and work for the rest later, then nothing at all.
340 posted on 02/28/2006 7:40:27 PM PST by jecIIny (You faithful, let us pray for the Catechumens! Lord Have Mercy)
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To: jecIIny
I would be very happy with a law that limits abortions to cases of rape and incest or life threats to the mother. It would eliminate 97% of abortions at a stroke. As Ronald Reagan said, its better to get half what you want now and work for the rest later, then nothing at all.

Of course! Where did I say otherwise? I was responding to a cowardly lack of principle, not the kind of practical compromise that's admittedly necessary to get a law passed.

379 posted on 02/28/2006 7:46:31 PM PST by Sloth (Archaeologists test for intelligent design all the time.)
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