Wad of Cells Does Not Equate to Human Life; Abortion Isn't Murder [sophomoric barf alert]

The State News ^ | 7/26/2006 | Shane Krouse

[Kharis13]

Hi Veronica,

I think you hit the proverbial "nail-on-the-head". I would also add that this is the kind of thinking that results when we reject absolutes. Everything becomes relative.

I once saw a bumper sticker that summed up the whole argument very well:

"Abortion---the ultimate example of big people picking on little people"

Brian

[MonroeDNA]

Who here does not mourn the 1/4 of fertilized eggs that do not implant?

We all do. Right?

Last rights should be peformed.

Right?

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

It is what I taught my 4 daughters.

[utahagen]

You got that right. This fool wrote, "Roe v. Wade concluded that human life does not begin until life can be sustained outside of the womb. Medically speaking, premature fetuses can very rarely be kept alive if they are born before the pregnancy's sixth month..." Um, if premature fetuses can rarely be "kept alive", how were they not alive in the first place? And if they were alive in the first place, how were they not human? And if they were alive and human, how were they not human life?

[RightWhale]

During the first trimester of the pregnancy, the fetus is merely a wad of cells.

Apparently brain cells of the cortex begin to form at about day 30. Now, when there are brain cells there might be brain function. Human brain function. Since we are brain-centered now, thinking that the human brain is mainly what differentiates humans from animals, we ought to also think that presence of human brain neurons means the human is undoubtedly present in the foetus at that time. That is within the first trimester.

[utahagen]

Young pro-choice woman can be hot, but I'll bet no one's made a pass at Eleanor Smeal in forty years.

[RightWhale]

A mere wad of cells

Another thing: this kind of thinking is not scientific. In fact, it is the kind of thinking that leads some trolls to say that all FReepers think the same.

[sitetest]

Dear utahagen,

"Young pro-choice woman can be hot, but I'll bet no one's made a pass at Eleanor Smeal in forty years."

That's just not true.

I'd heard that Molly Yard was always after her.


;-)


sitetest

[DMZFrank]

"A wad of cells cannot survive independently, as it relies completely on its mother for all its nutriment".

I propose an experiment for this brilliant young empericist. Take the strongest, fittest, intelligent newborn infant EVER and place that baby on a table in a room with enough food and water for 20 years, perfect climatic conditions and sanitation facilities and lock the door to any outside assistance. Come back in 10 days and tell me if that child is still alive.

The obvious answer does not occur to this moral cretin as he seeks to rationalize yet another vacuous justification to kill that which is so self evidently human.

[MainFrame65]

" == Another thing: this kind of thinking is not scientific. In fact, it is the kind of thinking that leads some trolls to say that all FReepers think the same. == "

Yes, the author's shallowness and inability to comprehend any fact or opinion outside his narrow worldview are a bit reminiscent of some things I have seen on a few threads here.