[supercat]

Most people's viewpoint cannot be accurately expressed by either the "pro-life" nor "pro-choice" label since the "absolute" pro-life viewpoint would forbid giving a morning-after pill to rape victims, while the "absolute" pro-choicd viewpoint would allow a pregant woman to abort her fetus on a whim 60 seconds before delivery. Frankly, I don't think you'll find many people who subscribe to either of those two viewpoints.

[KirklandJunction]

Cat:

Yours is the most rational response. I agree with you.
A "baiting" technique like this is still used in undergraduate college, and works like a charm on some, as we've seen here.
The issue I mentioned in Ireland was the topic of (one of many) spirited academic debates, and a staunch Catholic won a debate on the side of medically aborting the dead fetus in order to save the mother. I wonder if that "staunch Catholic" has a medical or law future in Ireland.
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[Prov3456]

First of all, that is exactly what partial-birth abortion, Roe v. Wade, and Doe v. Bolton permit: abortion at any time up to, and including, 60 seconds before live birth.

At the other end, "pro-life" does begin prior to conception. That includes disallowing a morning-after pill, which is nothing more than a chemical abortifacent. Many studies, reports, and personal testimonies by women who have become pregnant following rape have demonstrated a clear and close relationship between carrying the child to term and healing from the rape experience. In other words, the woman who aborts a child conceived in rape has a much more difficult time "getting over" or healing from the rape than a woman who carries the child to term and delivers it.