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asked by: bd1012 on January 26th, 2005
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You know.. If pregnancy is such a beautiful thing.. Then why do people call a tubal ligation a sterilization? Doesnt' sterile mean clean? So if being infertile is clean, is being fertile dirty? And what's with "get fixed".. Are we broken if we're fertile? I thought we were in a way, meant to breed so why would making ourselves permanently unable to.. Mean being "fixed"? And didn't they consider a menstruating woman to be dirty back in the old days?

Yeah.. I guess pregnancy isn't all that great if the people who are firtle are broken and dirty

i know this sounds silly but seriously.. Think about it..
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Kourtney08
replied on January 26th, 2005
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You've got a point there. But, my pregnancy was wonderful. Although there were some complications I loved every minute of it :)

what I was wondering, was are all pro-life people vegetarians? Because if not, then..Isn't that kinda hypocritical?
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BrianBaby
replied on January 26th, 2005
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Good points bd, but I don't beleive pregnancy is a "dirty" thing......I know I won't have my period for 9 months, does that make me cleaner?? Lol!!

I eat meat~it's yummy!! Lol!! I beleive it not to be hypocritical becuase god gave humans power of animals.....

Do people who have abortions eat the fetus?? (not directed to anyone~just a random comment)
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bd1012
replied on January 26th, 2005
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Yeah it is isn't it.
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BrianBaby
replied on January 26th, 2005
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Yes~that's why I said it was
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Kourtney08
replied on January 26th, 2005
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Well what about the poor baby cows? They deserve to live to, and they're killed after they're born. What about the mommy cow, her baby was killed.

But you eat meat? :roll:

lol
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bd1012
replied on January 26th, 2005
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It was just something that popped up while I was reading another debate were a prolife person was telling someone else to "get fixed"..
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mom2trevor
replied on January 27th, 2005
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To make sterile : as a : to cause (land) to become unfruitful b (1) : to deprive of the power of reproducing (2) : to make incapable of germination c : to make powerless or useless usually by restraining from a normal function, relation, or participation d : to free from living microorganisms



don't see a whole lot about "cleanliness" there...
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Kourtney08
replied on January 27th, 2005
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<<>>

well, if we're going to start bringing up things that happend years ago. Lets bring up the fact that people used to be animals. Mmmmmkay? Cows are not humans, and humans are not cows. They're living things just like humans, so if you're saying that little "babies" shouldn't get aborted, then you'd support the fact that cows shouldn't get slaughtered for you to eat. So people who get abortions are selfish, so are people who kill animals then right? Lol
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FISHX
replied on January 27th, 2005
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Sorry i,m a vegan but still not classed as pro life because I do belive in the death penalty and revenge being justified.


Please note this is fact.
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foreverblue
replied on January 27th, 2005
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kourtney08 wrote:
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well, if we're going to start bringing up things that happend years ago. Lets bring up the fact that people used to be animals. Mmmmmkay? Cows are not humans, and humans are not cows. They're living things just like humans, so if you're saying that little "babies" shouldn't get aborted, then you'd support the fact that cows shouldn't get slaughtered for you to eat. So people who get abortions are selfish, so are people who kill animals then right? Lol



right this argument is really daft,heres the thing,what is worst a human killing an animal to survive,or a human killing a human because they dont feel its the time.Right are you saying that to eat meat to live is the same as having an abortion for a non life threatening reason{as I agree that abortion should be available for life threatening reasons,not social reasons,but thats another thread}.



We are still animals but what sets us apart from other animals are two things,
1 we have thumbs.

2 we are the only animals on this planet that kill each other for reasons other than survival

no other animals do this
what you are really saying with this post is if you do not agree with abortion then you should starve to death,does that sound sensible
now this argument has been used hundreds of times please it is not valid for either side so lets leave it alone
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BrianBaby
replied on January 27th, 2005
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God gave humans the power over animals....And kourtney I believe you said something very important....

Well what about the poor baby cows? They deserve to live to, and they're killed after they're born. What about the mommy cow, her baby was killed


after they're born.....Abortion deals with the animal before it's born......
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bd1012
replied on January 27th, 2005
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So you rather have death after birth where whatever it is that is dying can actually understand what's going on and feel everything?
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FISHX
replied on January 27th, 2005
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I personaly would like no death through termination but I know it will never be outlawed so is it not better to fight for safer terminations or at least stricter guidlines.


Please note this is only an opinion.
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bd1012
replied on January 27th, 2005
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Ok let me get this straight.. You say it's ok for you to kill cows for food becuase iyo.. They are not significant..


We say it's ok to abort because we believe that the zef is not nearly as important as the woman..Meaning it's not significant.


What makes your opinion better than ours?

Just to be clear.. I eat meat.. I love meat and I will choose steak over salad anyday.. And I have no problem with those who eat meat and the only reason we use this argument is because you all like to play the "but it has a heartbeat" card and the "abortion is selfish" card.. Well the cow had a hearbeat and how is it not selfish to slaughter it for your own personal gain? Again, I will repeat this.. Selfishness does not mean you are a bad person.. Not necesarrily at least.. It depends on the situation. All selfishness is, is putting your needs over others and how is deciding to slaughter a cow so you can eat meat instead of letting it live freely not selfish? The cow can feel what's happening to it and understand... I wouldn't say the fetus can not because truthfully I don't know but I will say that it is definate that the cow feels while fetal pain is questionable.
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replied on January 27th, 2005
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mom2trevor wrote:
to make sterile : as a : to cause (land) to become unfruitful b (1) : to deprive of the power of reproducing (2) : to make incapable of germination c : to make powerless or useless usually by restraining from a normal function, relation, or participation d : to free from living microorganisms

don't see a whole lot about "cleanliness" there...
sterile handwashing and surgical suite (kill off all germs).
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steen
replied on January 27th, 2005
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foreverblue wrote:

we are still animals but what sets us apart from other animals are two things,
1 we have thumbs.

2 we are the only animals on this planet that kill each other for reasons other than survival

no other animals do this
actually, chimps fit both of those. And so do some apes and monkeys.
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steen
replied on January 27th, 2005
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brianbaby wrote:
god gave humans the power over animals....
actually, there is no independently verified evidence for this.
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steen
replied on January 27th, 2005
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fishx wrote:
i personaly would like no death through termination but I know it will never be outlawed so is it not better to fight for safer terminations or at least stricter guidlines.
abortion is already the safest surgical procedure in the us. The unsafe abortions are the illegal ones. But yes, it would be great to make it even safer. One way would be to decrease the woman's stress. And a major source of stress is to have to run the gauntlet of vicious prolife protesters at the clinic entrance. So if you truly want to improve the situation, you should agree that the protesters need to go away. Well, that's nice of you. Much appreciated.
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FISHX
replied on January 27th, 2005
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steen wrote:
fishx wrote:
i personaly would like no death through termination but I know it will never be outlawed so is it not better to fight for safer terminations or at least stricter guidlines.
abortion is already the safest surgical procedure in the us. The unsafe abortions are the illegal ones. But yes, it would be great to make it even safer. One way would be to decrease the woman's stress. And a major source of stress is to have to run the gauntlet of vicious prolife protesters at the clinic entrance. So if you truly want to improve the situation, you should agree that the protesters need to go away. Well, that's nice of you. Much appreciated.



your very welcome
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