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Old Jan 26, 2008, 02:50 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Well, I suppose I'll go ahead and share my views on your views, in that case...

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Life begins at the point of conception.
It's difficult to be consistent with this point of view. What about life that is created without conception, or identical twins, when do their lives start?

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No one can deny that after a human being is conceived it will develop into the very same being as those debating this issue.
If kept in the proper environment, and cared for appropriately, an embryo after conception has the potential to develop into a human being. The exact same statement can be made of a human egg, before fertilization. If kept in the proper environment, and cared for appropriately, a human egg has the potential to develop into a human being.

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What astounds me is that those who favor abortion went through an identical development stage as the being they are condemning to death.
People don't favour abortion, they favour the right of a woman to choose what she wants to do with her body.

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Would these very same people agree that a similiar choice should have been made about their own existence?
No, but most people have brain activity. Tapeworms have more neural activity than embryos do before a certain point.

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Abortion today is used primarily as a birth control of convenience because people are too self-centered to take precautions.
A good reason to advocate other methods of birth control.

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They prefer their own pleasurable self-indulgence over the care and sanctity of the life they created.
People create skin cells all the time, do skin cells deserve care and sanctity as well?

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Is it too much to ask a woman who has conceived to place the child into adoption?
It is too much to force a woman to carry what is effectively a parasite in her body against her will.

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Nine months of discomfort is nothing compared to life in prison for voluntary manslaughter!
Good thing abortion is legal in the developed world, and women who get them aren't going to prison.

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Does the father of the child have a say in this?
No.

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And what about the constitution of the United States?
Not applicable to most of the world.

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Are not all people conceived in this country deserving of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?
People, yes, however, fetuses are not people. Similar to how an egg isn't a chicken.

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I believe abortion is a crime against humanity and should be outlawed.
Crimes against humanity are defined as attacks against civilian populations. Fetuses are not part of any civilian population.

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For a country that murders it's children cannot be far from self destruction.
Right, because clearly North America, Europe and Asia are all on the brink of destruction when compared Africa, South America and the Middle East.
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