Where does life begin?

[nate895]

Two different animals in my opinion.

Rape is a terrible blow to the psyche for most, and to have to carry the product of it to term and wrestle with the hatred for the attacker mixed with the overpowering maternal instinct, in many cases, would amount to extending the misery of the attack to nine long, unendurable months. To top that off, it amounts to rewarding the rapist, who may have well decided that the chance to reproduce is well worth the time in prison. Thus it would encourage some to rape. Bad news.

So, I am all for making rape another issue entirely from non-forcible intercourse. Of course, this could result in some unscrupulous women filing false charges of rape just because they want to abort, so it isn't exactly cut-and-dried...

Depressing subject.

But is the emotional distress really worth a human life?

We could always find a way to also make sure rapist don't know that they have children. Should be easy, given they're in prison.

 

[acptulsa]

But is the emotional distress really worth a human life?

We could always find a way to also make sure rapist don't know that they have children. Should be easy, given they're in prison.

Trust me, the majority of criminals know the law--well--before they commit the crime.

What is the distress worth? I can never answer that question properly, but I am not against the death penalty for rapists.

 

[fatjohn]

Human consciousness begins with the first brain cells.

 

[BCR_9er]

Cells are living. So techniquely, all future babies are alive right now in their parents', grandparents', etc. sperm and eggs.

 

[nate895]

Trust me, the majority of criminals know the law--well--before they commit the crime.

What is the distress worth? I can never answer that question properly, but I am not against the death penalty for rapists.

Agreed with the death penalty. Of course, that's one issue I disagree with Ron Paul on.

 

[acptulsa]

Agreed with the death penalty. Of course, that's one issue I disagree with Ron Paul on.

And he makes good points on the subject. Mainly I am saying that I am for making the penalties for rape and murder the same.

 

[EgwaTlvdatsi]

Where does life begin? Where does it end?

What I know is our bodies are made up of billions of atoms. Somehow these atoms are held together in a particular way to form what is considered as the DNA structure. Thus this DNA structure in turn works in a great communion, such as a more complex ant colony. Then somewhere throughout our growth the DNA and their hosts within our heads somehow work in a communion which conducts the colonies which exist within the rest of our bodies, most likely this is where our main conductors exist.

The only thing that makes us any different than any other living/nonlinving thing in creation is the fact that our atomic structure is held together and/or controlled in a different way, for if we take into account each smaller element then everything is the same...

 

[Truth Warrior]

Hooray for reductio ad absurdum.

 

[LibertiORDeth]

Even if was because contraception didn't work, you always have adoption. If you get pregnant via a rape, you can still get someone to adopt the child.

Thus I said that part could be debatable.

 

[muh_roads]

Life begins in my nut sack and trillions exit my man meat. They die after 20 minutes. I cause mass holocausts daily. Boy does it tucker me out.

 

[Highland]

Life begins in my nut sack and trillions exit my man meat. They die after 20 minutes. I cause mass holocausts daily. Boy does it tucker me out.

gross...but great example of the debate.

 

[lucius]

I just don't understand why it's so debatable when abortion is completely unnecessary. Maybe in the case of rape/risking the mother's life this discussion could be taking place, but I can't believe that you would abort an unborn baby, which debatably might be death, because... you can't use a condom or pill?

More Applied Eugenics--Adolf Hitler, just like Margaret Sanger, was an ardent disciple of theosophy and of Madame Blavatsky; this omission from these discussions is indicative of the degree of control over what Americans learn--Planned Eugenics/Parenthood is now 'policy agenda'; add this layer to the onion.

Margaret Sanger/Adolf Hitler, like peas in a pod, few of Sanger's pearls:

"The most successful educational approach to the Negro is through a religious appeal. We do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population, and the Minister is the man who can straighten out that idea if it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members."

..."dysgenic races" [should include] "Fundamentalists and Catholics" [in addition to] "blacks, Hispanics, [and] American Indians." ~'Woman's Body, Woman's Right' by Linda Gorden

What a sweet woman...