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To: NittanyLion

The catch-22... When it's born. Now I realize that will open the whole panoply of "well then you're saying a woman can have an abortion up until the DAY BEFORE the baby is born!!". That's not what I'm saying at all. But at 90 days or earlier it's tissue to me with no possibility for existing outside of the womb. So 90 days or earlier is a safe bet for me.


281 posted on 11/14/2006 4:28:09 PM PST by DCBandita
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To: DCBandita
So 90 days or earlier is a safe bet for me.

Safe for you, not so safe for the baby chopped to bits in the womb or knifed in the skull during delivery.

286 posted on 11/14/2006 4:30:45 PM PST by Petronski (BRABANTIO: Thou art a villain. IAGO: You are--a senator. ---Othello I.i.)
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To: DCBandita

You said earlier that you've never been pregnant. When you have, come back and talk about when you think your baby became human. Until then, you don't know any more than a man. (no offense to men, but there is a difference.)


291 posted on 11/14/2006 4:32:05 PM PST by petitfour
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To: DCBandita
But at 90 days or earlier it's tissue to me with no possibility for existing outside of the womb. So 90 days or earlier is a safe bet for me.

Okay. So your "test" is viability outside the womb. And you recognize the principle that since it's impossible to delineate a bright line where a fetus is "alive", it's prudent to prohibit abortions after a much earlier time.

Now my "test" happens to be whether the fetus has the potential to become a child. And I don't purport to know when life begins, so I tend to be more cautious. I don't support abortions, period.

Does that make me a member of the religious right? Would I be disqualified from receiving your vote based on this issue alone?

300 posted on 11/14/2006 4:39:32 PM PST by NittanyLion
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