[Dianna]

I've read your argument about the 9 year old who was raped. Ok, since we have some small percentage of murder (I'm talking about real, walking around people) which is justifiable (in self defense) does that mean we cannot outlaw murder AT ALL? As a society, we make these distinctions every day. I find it distasteful to think of women hauled into court to justify abortions. But I am trying to be logical and consistent. My emotions haven't quite caught up to my reason.

Personally, I would not make a 9 year old give birth. I do see that as inconsistant with my assertion that a fetus deserves protection. But it is no more inconsistant than jailing adults for theft while allowing preschoolers to get away.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

I've never said that we have to allow all of them because of the hard cases. I'm saying that you have to make an exception for the hard cases in order to get rid of the rest - because people react viscerally to the image of a barely pubescent girl forced to give birth.

An earlier poster mocked me because of my feelings for the 9 year old (I do that because I have a 9 year old), yet forgets that the core of the pro-life movement is about how they feel.

I cannot accept an argument that says "s*** happens, get over it, you have to have the baby because society says you do and we have to be consistent" to someone like a raped, pregnant 9 year old. I would probably get involved in an underground railroad for that sort of thing were the procedure not available to someone like that.