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IS THIS A PERSON?
8/5/02
| jwalsh07
Posted on 08/05/2002 5:30:51 PM PDT by jwalsh07
AMENDMENT 14
SECTION 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
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TOPICS: Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: abortion; abortionismean; baby; catholiclist; constitution; halliburton; life; prolife; righttolife; unborn
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Looking for opinions.
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posted on
08/05/2002 5:57:47 PM PDT
by
jwalsh07
To: jwalsh07
Main Entry: per.son
Pronunciation: 'p&r-s[^&]n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French persone, from Latin persona
actor's mask, character in a play, person, probably from Etruscan phersu
mask, from Greek prosOpa, plural of prosOpon face, mask -- more at
PROSOPOPOEIA
Date: 13th century
1 : HUMAN, INDIVIDUAL -- sometimes used in combination especially by
those who prefer to avoid man in compounds applicable to both sexes
2 : a character or part in or as if in a play : GUISE
3 a : one of the three modes of being in the Trinitarian Godhead as
understood by Christians b : the unitary personality of Christ that unites
the divine and human natures
4 a archaic : bodily appearance b : the body of a human being; also : the
body and clothing
5 : the personality of a human being : SELF
6 : one (as a human being, a partnership, or a corporation) that is
recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties
7 : reference of a segment of discourse to the speaker, to one spoken to,
or to one spoken of as indicated by means of certain pronouns or in many
languages by verb inflection
- per.son.hood /-"hud/ noun
- in person : in one's bodily presence
Main Entry: first person
Function: noun
Date: 1520
1 a : a set of linguistic forms (as verb forms, pronouns, and inflectional
affixes) referring to the speaker or writer of the utterance in which they
occur b : a linguistic form belonging to such a set c : reference of a
linguistic form to the speaker or writer of the utterance in which it occurs
2 : a style of discourse marked by general use of verbs and pronouns of
the first person
Main Entry: per.son-hour
Pronunciation: 'p&r-s[^&]n-"au(-&)r
Function: noun
Date: 1975
: a unit of one hour's work by one person
Main Entry: second person
Function: noun
Date: 1672
1 a : a set of linguistic forms (as verb forms, pronouns, and inflectional
affixes) referring to the person or thing addressed in the utterance in which
they occur b : a linguistic form belonging to such a set
2 : reference of a linguistic form to the person or thing addressed in the
utterance in which it occurs
Main Entry: third person
Function: noun
Date: circa 1586
1 a : a set of linguistic forms (as verb forms, pronouns, and inflectional
affixes) referring to one that is neither the speaker or writer of the utterance
in which they occur nor the one to whom that utterance is addressed b : a
linguistic form belonging to such a set
2 : reference of a linguistic form to one that is neither the speaker or writer
of the utterance in which it occurs nor the one to whom that utterance is
addressed
To: jwalsh07
So at the risk of being a pain in the ass You are into risk too?
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posted on
08/05/2002 5:58:26 PM PDT
by
Torie
To: jwalsh07
You believe that a baby in the womb is not a distinct and seperate human being? Based on what? Because the fetus depends on the mother for life and even though the fetus "Could" survive seperate from the mother, the fetus isn't, so until the fetus does, the fetus isn't an Individual.
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posted on
08/05/2002 5:58:39 PM PDT
by
Bowana
To: Bowana
Is this fetus an individual? No. No, a fetus is not a person until birth.
posted by Bowana The fetus (little child) has been a distinct, individual human being from moments after conception. The individual in the 4D image IS a distinct individual human being. As for your second assertion, well, I wouldn't want to be you when you meet your Creator! [HINT: have you ever heard of a human woman being pregnant with other than a human preborn baby?... At what point during the gestational period in Mommy's body does the individual become nameable, identifiable sexwise, testable medically, cureable with corrective surgery?... Be very careful with that last clause.]
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posted on
08/05/2002 5:59:11 PM PDT
by
MHGinTN
To: steelwheels
Well, it is if it's.............wantedIf you're not wanted, can they suck your brains out? I think we might need a more objective criteria, eh?
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posted on
08/05/2002 5:59:59 PM PDT
by
jwalsh07
To: jwalsh07
Ok, here's the question. Is this baby a person?Yes, isn't it rather obvious???
To: Bowana
Because the fetus depends on the mother for life and even though the fetus "Could" survive seperate from the mother, the fetus isn't, so until the fetus does, the fetus isn't an Individual.Well, Bowana, all of my grandkids are under 3 years old, all 5 of them. They are totally dependent on their Moms and Dads and could not survive without them. Now I know Peter Singer wants to expand abortion to about one but you've passed way beyond that.
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posted on
08/05/2002 6:02:47 PM PDT
by
jwalsh07
To: MHGinTN
Main Entry: 1in·di·vid·u·al
1 obsolete : INSEPARABLE
2 a : of, relating to, or distinctively associated with an individual b : being an individual or existing as an indivisible whole
3 : existing as a distinct entity : SEPARATE
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posted on
08/05/2002 6:03:12 PM PDT
by
Bowana
To: JohnHuang2
Johnny, I would like your opinion here. Thanks.
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posted on
08/05/2002 6:03:50 PM PDT
by
jwalsh07
To: Bowana
What about a newborn baby that has it's face attached to it's mothers teat?!?
I don't see the distictinon. One is connected via cord, and one is connected via nipple. You really think one is so much more self reliant than the other? I think they are both pretty much in the same category.
To: jwalsh07
Well, Bowana, all of my grandkids are under 3 years old, all 5 of them. They are totally dependent on their Moms and Dads and could not survive without them. YES, but they are SEPERATE INDIVIDUALS.
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posted on
08/05/2002 6:04:36 PM PDT
by
Bowana
To: Torie
You are into risk too?Nothing ventured, nothing gained. :-}
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posted on
08/05/2002 6:04:39 PM PDT
by
jwalsh07
To: TaxPayer2000
Main Entry: 1in·di·vid·u·al
Function: adjective
Etymology: Medieval Latin individualis, from Latin individuus indivisible, from in- + dividuus divided, from dividere to divide
Date: 15th century
1 obsolete : INSEPARABLE
2 a : of, relating to, or distinctively associated with an individual
b : being an individual or existing as an indivisible whole
c : intended for one person
3 : existing as a distinct entity : SEPARATE
4 : having marked individuality
synonym see SPECIAL, CHARACTERISTIC - in·di·vid·u·al·ly adverb
To: jwalsh07
20 month old babies have survived quite nicely outside the wombGood news. HUH???
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
PERSON
n.
- A living human. Often used in combination: chairperson; spokesperson; salesperson.
- An individual of specified character: a person of importance.
- The composite of characteristics that make up an individual personality; the self.
- The living body of a human: searched the prisoner's person.
- Physique and general appearance.
- Law. A human or organization with legal rights and duties.
- Christianity. Any of the three separate individualities of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, as distinguished from the essence of the Godhead that unites them.
- Grammar.
- Any of three groups of pronoun forms with corresponding verb inflections that distinguish the speaker (first person), the individual addressed (second person), and the individual or thing spoken of (third person).
- Any of the different forms or inflections expressing these distinctions.
- A character or role, as in a play; a guise: Well, in her person, I say I will not have you (Shakespeare).
TO answer your question...I'll have to plead ignorance like you....
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posted on
08/05/2002 6:05:55 PM PDT
by
Sungirl
To: Bowana
YES, but they are SEPERATE INDIVIDUALS.Nah, three of them were in the same womb at the same time. They all were individuals then and they are now. Alyssa was small and nuzzled. Andrew was a kicker and Derrick was already into NASCAR.
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posted on
08/05/2002 6:07:32 PM PDT
by
jwalsh07
To: mamelukesabre
In that case, children aren't required to be a person until they are 5 years old, which is when you are required to have a Social Security Number for them. If a fetus is issued an SSN, does that make him a person?
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posted on
08/05/2002 6:07:53 PM PDT
by
Bernard
To: Bowana
I think your point of view is that you are against involuntary separation of a viable fetus from a physological disturbed "mother" who wishes an early final exit for same. Does that about sum it up?
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posted on
08/05/2002 6:08:19 PM PDT
by
Torie
To: Sungirl
TO answer your question...I'll have to plead ignorance like you....LOL, no guts, no glory. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
OK, try this one on for size. If its not a person, just what the heck is it?
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posted on
08/05/2002 6:09:36 PM PDT
by
jwalsh07
To: jwalsh07
All persons born or naturalized in the United StatesThis fetus hasn't been born yet. It doesn't qualify under this.
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posted on
08/05/2002 6:10:00 PM PDT
by
Sungirl
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