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Posted on 11/15/2006 1:50:53 PM PST by NYer
Interesting use of the word 'them' in the context of denying their humanity.
If they aren't human, wouldn't 'those' be more accurate?
Apparently, life, under the Irish Constitution, is cheap.
Well, not as cheap as it is in the state of Missouri, to name just one of 50 examples that come readily to mind.
I wish our constitution gave as much protection as the Irish constitution, even if it does have a loophole for frozen embryos.
But think about this -- if a frozen embryo was treated by law as identical to a fetus in a womb, then you could be prosecuted for murder I guess if you made a lab error and killed one of them, or if the power went out and the cryogenics stopped working.
Can we really say that a lab mishap with an embryo is the same as taking action to kill a growing fetus in a womb?
Yes, actually, that's the Catholic position, which is why the Church opposes in vitro fertilization, because it's virtually impossible to do without killing some of the embryos in the process.
This predicament would not have arisen if the couple in question had not turned to an unnatural procedure for giving birth, and had not also gotten divorced. It was already a mess by the time it got to the court. Nevertheless, the decision was wrong. The fetuses are genetically distinct from the mother and father; they are human; and they are alive, although frozen, since only life can bring forth life.
" if a frozen embryo was treated by law as identical..."
...to a human, then after being frozen 21 years, it could legally drink, vote, and drive.
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
Personal Rights
Article 40
3. 3° The State acknowledges the right to life of the unborn and, with due regard to the equal right to life of the mother, guarantees in its laws to respect, and, as far as practicable, by its laws to defend and vindicate that right.
See post #9, it's not really a loophole - it's on shaky ground, but the only way we can reverse the decision is by referenda - otherwise the Irish Supreme Court's decision is final.
referenda = referendum, single not plural.
Is there a point to your flippant comment?
Good.
All embryos are life, right? So Miscariages should involve 911, and everything possible should be tried to save the fetus.
Even if it is one week. Even if it is a little ball of cells, or even one cell.
Right, everyone?
You take pleasure in the death of innocent people??
Yes.
So Miscariages should involve 911, and everything possible should be tried to save the fetus.
Yes.
Even if it is one week. Even if it is a little ball of cells, or even one cell.
Right, everyone?
A human life is a human life, end of story!! Why is that so difficult for you to understand??
--Yes, actually, that's the Catholic position, which is why the Church opposes in vitro fertilization, because it's virtually impossible to do without killing some of the embryos in the process.--
It's practically impossible to try to procreate naturally without having a fertilized eggs die.
Not the Irish Constitution - but the way our Supreme Court and our Government continues to shred it to pieces.
If that is true, then it's by natural causes.
Miscarriages and natural failures to implant are not deliberate killings. Christians believe that God has the power of life and death; we don't.
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