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Originally Posted by onlyoneplanet I saw the title of this post and I was all 
Being serious now:
I don't think saving a barely-formed worm of a human baby is more important than saving a soldier who's seem more hell than any fetus has. But it isn't a question of whether or not the fetus deserves to die, which seems to be a popular argument in the pro-life community; the real question is whether or not the mother wants it.
Don't get me wrong, abortion as a form of birth control is utterly disgusting, but you can spot a woman with the wrong intentions like a soldier can spot a sniper -- that is to say- it's very, very hard.
If you ask me, it wouldn't matter a hell-of-a-lot if the growth of the human species is disrupted even in the slightest way.
If you want to worry yourself over the [mass] destruction of innocent life, look into the meat and lumber industries. | Agreed!
The pro-life types would have you believe that fetuses are little self aware beings... When in fact they are actually much more like parasites. I see it as being ony somewhat different from me having a leech. I could chose to nurture that leech, and let him syphon some of my blood. A single leech would not harm me much. Doesn't the poor leech have the right to live?
But the leech bothers me, so I pinch it's little leech head, and pull it off. Then I kill it.
I just don't see the importance in protecting 'potential people'. In that case men should not be allowed to masturbate, and women should not be allowed to go through PMS. We could save those eggs and that sperm and make lots of people... Don't those eggs deserve a chance to develop? |