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Re: is there anyone else who is pro-life AND pro-gay rights, or is it just me?
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seriously, though, i don't think your opinion is well thought out. i think you mean well but i don't think you're considering the real world and the actual medical practicalities. if you have you could address the situation i described and how the medical practicalities should be handled, and what the morality is of condemning a woman to a lifetime of health consequences, i would feel more assured that you were putting forth a well thought out, informed position. |
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Re: is there anyone else who is pro-life AND pro-gay rights, or is it just me?
Now you'll need to define that one. Esp. after the many "Abstinence Only" lectures, which a few I've been to, we've been teaching the last generation.
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Re: is there anyone else who is pro-life AND pro-gay rights, or is it just me?
What were you referring to? I don't think I've been following you from the start.
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Re: is there anyone else who is pro-life AND pro-gay rights, or is it just me?
Well, my whole point was that if abortion is absolutely necessary, it's still available in every state under those 3 conditions, and for other reasons you can travel outside of your state and have an abortion done, it's just a lot less convenient, giving a disincentive for having an abortion, allowing the mother to think about other options that may be available. I'm certain that not all 50 states will ever entirely ban abortion. I have thought this out over a very long period of time and have come to the conclusion that the amount of people who have abortions out of convenience outnumbers the amount of people who have it done because they're in danger of losing their life. I know you're arguing that there are many different cases, but allowing individual states to decide both gives a considerable disincentive to those considering abortion out of convenience, while still allowing those who really feel there is no other way out, like in your special cases, to have an abortion in a different state.
if it helps prove my point, i'll specifically respond to the situation you posed Quote:
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i have heard others argue that 'you pay when your car gets repaired, why not pay to go to the doctor?' the reality is that medical costs are completely unreasonable and it's turned into the biggest racket ever created by mankind, costing hundreds of thousands of dollars for people to get treated. pregnancy is only one of the things that needs to be covered under such a plan. however, after the health care bill is passed and matt and mary cannot afford a health care payment, they almost certainly can apply for medicaid, which does pay for pregnancy costs. in addition, at this point, if mary's life was in danger, the doctor could perform an abortion. if mary's life was not in danger and she felt she had no other option, she could have matt drive her out of state and get an abortion. Quote:
if they are on medicaid, the taxpayers are already paying it. and to be honest, i think $500,000 for a child whose parents are under the poverty line is a much better use of money than building a $200 million bridge in alaksa- that's why medicaid isn't a mainstream political football. more later, have to go. |
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Re: is there anyone else who is pro-life AND pro-gay rights, or is it just me?
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Well, let's see. We're talking about pro-life. Yet our country is involved in two wars that are ending human life (American lives folks). Wars that started based on lies, or no wait - unintended or accidental choices. Not to deter from the thread, of course. Yet, I'd love to see how many people on the pro-life(anti-abortion) front were so willing to start this mess accidentally. I know, I'm just stirring shit. But hey, when in Rome. Of course not, but, ya know, studies show kids these days don't believe doing it in the (?)ear is sex. I'm not making this up. My damn mouse thingy is all fucked up too, so if some of my posts appear like I'm drunk, it's not me.
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Re: is there anyone else who is pro-life AND pro-gay rights, or is it just me?
Our inability to predict all of the complications that can arise in a pregnancy is unfortunate, but the option of abortion beyond a certain stage of development seems like a frail attempt at keeping humans empowered. Its good to have options, but ending lives past a certain stage of development in a calculated decision loses site of what the babymaking process is about. Life isn't perfect, and creating life isn't either... the fact that things can't be perfect does not justify ending a life. If a woman develops a complication that might end her life without endangering the life of her children, beyond whatever arbitrary point policymakers decide on, that is truly unfortunate. Babymaking is serious business. It would be good to focus on treating the mother, maximizing the amount of life that can be preserved with medical attention. Sometimes people die, though. That's life. Think about the consequences of your actions before you do them ie getting knocked up effecting your wallet and your health.
I buy into the ability to control your body under normal circumstances, but the body most affected by abortion is the fetus'. Sex and conception are in a realm beyond the individual person... mulitple parties civil liberties must be taken into account as well. I keep coming back to this point in my mind, as I write these responses, and I think that's where people who support the right to have an abortion (or the right to not be told you can't, more formally) and those who do not disagree... 'pro-choicers' view the fetus as an extension of the female form while 'pro-lifers' view the fetus as its own entity with its own rights. Last edited by IsiliRunite; 06-24-2009 at 10:11 PM. |
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Re: is there anyone else who is pro-life AND pro-gay rights, or is it just me?
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I believe this is mainly a womens issue and it's up to the woman in the end to make her own choice and not some catholic men........ Incidently, which church are you a member of?
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Re: is there anyone else who is pro-life AND pro-gay rights, or is it just me?
Bryantm3: youre saying that travelling out of state should be enough of a deterrent / lesson learned. But what if the whole of the USA bans abortion? Until youre in a relationship where your girlfriend/wife accidentally gets pregnant (believe me it can happen, pills and condoms arent 100%) or the baby has been scanned and is so mentally/physcially deformed, or is likely to cause problems that it will be still born, I dont see how you can judge the situation. Do you want to ban the morning-after pill also? how about contraception? Would you like no-sex-before-marriage to become law? Should people only have sex to pro-create? Where do you draw the line? Just how much freedom and civil liberty do you restrict in order to impose "moral values"? Moral values which usually have been written in religious scripts dating back centuries. Times change but religious beliefs dont, it seems.
I think that the decision to have an abortion should be the mothers and hers alone. The time up until she can make that decision, how many weeks pregnant is probably a medical one not a religious or political one. If there are two things which trample all over civil rights, its religion and politics and usually a combination of the two.
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