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To: meandog

First of all, Bush didn't "approve" the morning after pill. You fell for the spin. Once the genie was already out of the bottle, there was a debate over whether or not minors should be able to get the drug over the counter and Bush said that they should be required to get a prescription. The press spun that into "Bush says teens should be able to get morning after pill with a prescription!"

As for the whole "unused" embryo argument. Yes, there are people who have no trouble discarding/destroying them. But that doesn't mean pro-lifers have ever been OK with it, just because it is legal. I believe the Catholic position is, in vitro fertilization is OK, so long as all the embryos are implanted, there are no "selective abortions" and/or the embryos are donated to another couple for implantation. The reason the McCougheys had seven babies is because they respected the life of each embryo and refused to abort any of them when their implantation was successful.


19 posted on 11/07/2006 9:02:07 AM PST by soccermom
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To: soccermom

He was awesome in "Count of Monte Christo"


22 posted on 11/07/2006 9:03:45 AM PST by Maverick68
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To: soccermom
I believe the Catholic position is, in vitro fertilization is OK, so long as all the embryos are implanted,

This is incorrect. The Catholic position is that in vitro fertilization is a grave moral evil.

26 posted on 11/07/2006 9:05:51 AM PST by murphE (These are days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed but his own. --G.K. Chesterton)
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To: soccermom
First of all, Bush didn't "approve" the morning after pill. You fell for the spin. Once the genie was already out of the bottle, there was a debate over whether or not minors should be able to get the drug over the counter and Bush said that they should be required to get a prescription. The press spun that into "Bush says teens should be able to get morning after pill with a prescription!"

The spin is on you...Just like his backtracking on "Stay the Course," Bush certainly DID flip on the 'Morning After Pill' after promising right-to-lifers never to allow ANYTHING that would prevent "life" after conception! Hey, it's no skin off my nose because I'm of the Libertarian position that while women may have the right to choose early in pregnancy there exists a moral absolute line in the sand resulting in a point of no return (somewhere near the 13th month) when "quickening" occurs. But, make no mistake about it, Bush's "life begins at conception" position is certainly eroded by RU287--and much like his old man's "Read my Lips" promise.

39 posted on 11/07/2006 11:12:07 AM PST by meandog (While Bush will never fill them, Clinton isn't fit to even lick the soles of Reagan's shoes!)
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