Posted on 02/22/2007 7:27:03 AM PST by meg88
hursday, Feb. 22, 2007 8:13 a.m. EST
Rudy Giuliani: 'A Woman Has the Right to Choose' Abortion
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Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani met with firefighters and police officers in this early voting state Wednesday, using the forum to reference the Sept. 11 terror attacks, which earned him national attention.
"The first people that arrive on the scene of the bombing or the anthrax attack ... it's going to be one of your brothers or your sisters or you that gets to do it," the former New York mayor told a crowd of about 200 emergency workers. "Your ability to do it well will once again determine if we save lives - save America."
Giuliani compared firefighters and police to uniformed military personnel and said the federal Department of Homeland Security needs to ensure first responders "have the training and protection you need to defend your country."
Giuliani has a tough road ahead in South Carolina, which is to host the first Southern primaries in 2008. His moderate positions on gun control and support for abortion rights do not sit well with the state's Christian conservatives, who accounted for a third of the 2000 GOP primary vote. Those voters swung heavily to President Bush that year, giving him a 2-1 ratio margin over Arizona Sen. John McCain, who was viewed as soft on abortion.
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On Wednesday, Giuliani reiterated his own position.
"I'd advise my daughter or anyone else not to have an abortion," Giuliani said. "I'd like to see it ended, but ultimately I believe that a woman has the right to choose.
"I believe that you've got to run based on who you are, what you really are and then people actually get a right to disagree with you," he said. "And I find if you do it that way, even people who disagree with you sometimes respect you."
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"We're a tremendous amount of time away from an election," he said. "We haven't even gotten to a primary yet. The best thing we can do now is organize."
© 2007 Associated Press.
Ectopic means the fertilized egg is growing outside the uterus, so scraping the uterus would be singularly ineffective. I think conversation with a friend who may not have understood what was done, or did not communicate it well, is not the best way to get a knowledge of medical procedures. Here's a simple but useful explanation of the treatment:
"What Are the Options for Treatment?
Treatment of an ectopic pregnancy varies, depending on its size and location and whether you want the ability to conceive again.
An early ectopic pregnancy can sometimes be treated with an injection of methotrexate, which dissolves the fertilized egg and allows your body to reabsorb it. This nonsurgical approach minimizes scarring of your pelvic organs.
If the pregnancy is further along, you'll likely need surgery to remove the abnormal pregnancy. In the past, this was a major operation, requiring general anesthesia and a large incision across the pelvic area. This may still be necessary in cases of emergency or extensive internal injury.
However, the pregnancy may sometimes be removed using laparoscopy, a less invasive surgical procedure. The surgeon makes a small incision in the lower abdomen and then inserts a laparoscope. This long, hollow tube with a lighted end allows the doctor to view internal organs and insert other instruments as needed. Sometimes, a second small abdominal incision is made for the instruments. The ectopic pregnancy is then surgically removed and any damaged organs are repaired or removed. General or regional anesthesia may be used."
http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/pregnancy_newborn/pregnancy/ectopic.html
I knew you weren't a 'Dude.' I wanted to get the Dude-period sound but I didn't want to insult you by calling you Dudette.
Ultimately, the woman has to BE alive in the first place to make that decision, hence the philosophical conundrum that most on the other side seem unable to grasp.
Now that I think about it, I think she had a D&E, not a D&C. I'll have to ask him again. I do recall them saying the doctor was saying ectopic and tubal pregnancy. Apparently, her tubes were somewhat twisted, putting her at greater risk and harder to get pregnant.
The only D&E I know of is "Dilation and Evacuation", done in the second trimester of pregnancy, so I doubt it, but I can't keep debating gynecological inaccuracy. This is such an emotional topic, people feel strongly about it, and adding incorrect information to the mix doesn't help. :-\ Have a good evening.
Inconclusive. It looks as if he misspoke.
Dear LtdGovt,
ROFLMAO!!
Quite a dodge! Bravo!
sitetest
I would rather have Rudy pick the next Supreme Court Justice than Obama or Hillary.Small steps can produce big changes.
Of course it is. If there were any doubt, deliveries would be even more anxious than they already are.
lol. 'human being' not only in the sense of 'human species', but ('human' + 'being'). 'being' is the key. born vs unborn. citizen vs alien. etc.
Would you consider enforcing gun laws to be part of "defending the Constitution"?
Can you point to the actual law or the actual portion of the Constitution that gives women the "right" to kill their unborn child?
Wrong. There's no difference between a woman killing an unwanted child in or outside of the womb.
This is true---doctors diagnose cancer by "stages."
Current accounts indicate Giuliani made a complete recovery, and is now supposedly cancer free.
That would indicate his cancer was eminently treatable, and was thankfully caught at the onset, in the initial stages.
Would also underscore Spiff's questioning Rudy's motivation for dropping out of the Senate race.
So you view the laws against murder as protecting individual liberty. Fine, we'll use your terminology. An abortion interferes with the individual liberty of the child. It should therefore be outlawed.
And I tell you, I prefer this kind of hypocrisy over the Islamic form.
It's all the same. Condoning the murder of innocents is the same, no matter what 'dress' it wears.
Why? Because I don't buy into your nonsense?
No, because you think the murder committed by Muslims is worse than the murder committed by abortionists (about a million times a year in this country alone).
So you are saying the constitution allows the murder of innocents? Interesting.
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