we believe the unborn child
is same worthy as the woman. No
more and no less, just the
same.
incorrect. You can't give equal
rights to one person's body to another
entity. You value the idea of the
fetus having more rights over a woman's
uterus than the woman
herself.
see hahaha this "entity" is a human
being, so you better rephrase as "you
can't give equal rights to one person's
body to another human being". I
value the idea of fetus (human being in
womb) having the right of life same as the
woman having a right to
life.
i still believe that statement, especially after you
rephrased it. No human being has the
right to demand or force anyone else to
support them with their
body.
right you don't have to if don't want to.
It's legal to terminate the life of your
unborn child (for your peace of mind).
We just think that those who do are
compassionate about letting live an unborn
child have a good heart, and those who
don't are cruel. We don't believe we
have to force the mothers to have the
babies, we expect that they are
companssionate about the baby inside of
them and want to let them
live.
unfortunately, things like "compassion"
and "cruelty" are not what we're arguing
about here. Those are emotions that
you are assinging to us,
simply because of your perceptions which
are, in your case, all emotional and not
based very much in logic and rational
thought. I'm not saing that you're
irratonal; i'm saying that you seem to
form your opinions about abortion using
mostly your feelings and your "heart",
wheras I do not.
You cannot be forced to donate your heart
or liver or even just a kidney to anyone,
ever. Why should I be forced to
donate my entire body to a "person" I
don't even like, or ever want to know?
You may say "because it is the right thing
to do". Well, says who?
I must conceed to you the fact that you
have admitted and allowed me the freedom
of choice; but if I ever aborted it would
not be for "peace of mind". It would be
so that I could continue on with my life,
because i'm not ready for a child. The
expereince would probably be very far from
"peaceful", for me. It would be an
extremely hard desicion.
You are allowed your opinon (obviously)
that those who abort are cruel and those
who don't are kind, but remember that
there are many women who are the kindest
people you'll ever meet... And they
aborted. They are not cruel! Yet, they
had a choice to make at some point in
their lives, and they chose to move on
with the way their life currently was.
I don't think abortion is cruel at all,
just like I don't think the euthanization
of pets is cruel, if they are old and
sick. I don't think it's cruel to shoot a
horse that has broken its legs. I also
know for a fact that it's not cruel to
milk cows; if you don't milk them you do
more harm than if you do! But, these are
all things that people have called
"inhumane". It is a difference of
opinion, and some people think that these
things are as horrible as murder.
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eiri
wrote:
unfortunately, things like "compassion"
and "cruelty" are not what we're arguing
about here. Those are emotions that
you are assinging to us,
simply because of your perceptions which
are, in your case, all emotional and not
based very much in logic and rational
thought. I'm not saing that you're
irratonal; i'm saying that you seem to
form your opinions about abortion using
mostly your feelings and your "heart",
wheras I do not.
my heart and what jesus our lord has
taught us.
eiri
wrote:
you cannot be forced to donate your heart
or liver or even just a kidney to anyone,
ever. Why should I be forced to
donate my entire body to a "person" I
don't even like, or ever want to know?
again you should not be forced, it should
come out of you to support a defenless
person that you provoked to happen.
Kindness
eiri
wrote:
you may say "because it is the right thing
to do". Well, says who?
says the .Lord
eiri
wrote:
i must conceed to you the fact that you
have admitted and allowed me the freedom
of choice; but if I ever aborted it would
not be for "peace of mind". It would be
so that I could continue on with my life,
because i'm not ready for a child. The
expereince would probably be very far from
"peaceful", for me. It would be an
extremely hard desicion.
.Why it would be an extremely hard
desicion?????????????????????
eiri
wrote:
you are allowed your opinon (obviously)
that those who abort are cruel and those
who don't are kind, but remember that
there are many women who are the kindest
people you'll ever meet... And they
aborted. They are not cruel! Yet, they
had a choice to make at some point in
their lives, and they chose to move on
with the way their life currently was.
well they were cruel when they had their
abortion! But hopefully they will
recognize their mistakes and become
christians one day.
eiri
wrote:
i don't think abortion is cruel at all,
just like I don't think the euthanization
of pets is cruel, if they are old and
sick. I don't think it's cruel to shoot
a horse that has broken its legs. I also
know for a fact that it's not cruel to
milk cows; if you don't milk them you do
more harm than if you do! But, these are
all things that people have called
"inhumane". It is a difference of
opinion, and some people think that these
things are as horrible as murder.
correct, millions of us all over the world
think abortion is a cruel, sinful act.
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Their are a lot of hypocritical christians
and catholics out there as well that say
they would never abort but they do and
they cheat and lie and blah, blah blah.
How much is it that the catholic church is
having to pay out for molesting the little
boys.
Their are times it is just as well for the
fetus to be aborted as is the female that
aborts the fetus, if the fetus is going to
be born and abused and neglected, if the
fetus will be born without some of its
main body organs and not all organs can be
replaced, yes, that fetus is much better
being aborted. Their are times that it
is kindness! Sometimes we do not know
what the pregnant female is going through,
that is why it is her choice, some
female's live in a lot of fear, I have
seen this and we cannot always break down
that wall but we try.
I seriously do agree with you in a way
erie but to me it is not a baby until
birth.
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nightangel73
wrote:
eiri
wrote:
unfortunately, things like "compassion"
and "cruelty" are not what we're arguing
about here. Those are emotions that
you are assinging to us,
simply because of your perceptions which
are, in your case, all emotional and not
based very much in logic and rational
thought. I'm not saing that you're
irratonal; i'm saying that you seem to
form your opinions about abortion using
mostly your feelings and your "heart",
wheras I do not.
my heart and what jesus our lord has
taught us.
yes, but i'm not christian, so what jesus
taught anybody doesn't factor into my
desicions.
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eiri
wrote:
you cannot be forced to donate your heart
or liver or even just a kidney to anyone,
ever. Why should I be forced to
donate my entire body to a "person" I
don't even like, or ever want to know?
again you should not be forced, it should
come out of you to support a defenless
person that you provoked to happen.
Kindness
i'd help someone if they deserved help.
That's very broad, but it does not include
criminals and, in some cases,
fetuses.
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eiri
wrote:
you may say "because it is the right thing
to do". Well, says who?
says the .Lord
i knew you'd say that... Again, the whole
"i'm not christian" thing! Just because
you say that some omnipotent being says
abortion is bad doesn't mean I have to
believe you, especially without any
conclusive proof of the supernatural
being's existance.
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eiri
wrote:
i must conceed to you the fact that you
have admitted and allowed me the freedom
of choice; but if I ever aborted it would
not be for "peace of mind". It would be
so that I could continue on with my life,
because i'm not ready for a child. The
expereince would probably be very far from
"peaceful", for me. It would be an
extremely hard desicion.
.Why it would be an extremely hard
desicion?????????????????????
well, because I very much love my
boyfriend. If he asked me to marry him
right now, I would say yes; I am at that
point in my relationship with him. He is
pro-choice as well. My mother is pro-life
for herself, and very reluctantly
pro-choice for others. She has said that
if I ever get pregnant she would not want
me to abort because she was basically
forced to do so when she was only 20 years
old, by my grandmother. She deeply
regrets the desicion, and would not want
me to go through the same potential
emotional pain. She says that she would
also not want me to give it up for
adoption because she couldn't stand to see
the child being given away; so she would
want to adopt it. That, I feel, is very
unfair to her. She's in her late forties,
and she's already raised two kids; she
does not need to be caring for her
grandchild! As for my father, he is very
pro-choice.
I am only 21, I am in college, and I am
not ready for a child. If I became
pregnant, I would have deep talks with all
of these important people. The desicion
would in the end be mine, but their
feelings would mean a lot to me. If my
boyfriend was for some reason slightly
against me aborting our child, and was
willing to marry me and help raise it,
then I would be willing do consider doing
so, because we could make it, together.
There are so many things that would factor
into it, that I can't sit her and say "i
would abort my unwanted baby". I would
want to find the best solution for all
involved; and I wouldn't want to loose my
mother's loe over it. But if she was the
only one against it, and my boyfriend and
my father were willing to help me get the
abortion, and I wanted it, then i'd go
through with it.
I also think that if I did become
pregnant, whether or not I abort i'd want
to marry my boyfriend. It would just seem
like the right time to do so, just in case
it happens again I won't have as much of a
problem keeping it.
It is a potntial life; its potential
giggling, red-headed face does occour to
me. Our children would be beautiful, all
with long noses, pale skin, freckles, and
vibrant red hair. Poster children for
skin cancer! I'd always soak them in
suntan lotion xd like i've had to do to
myself since day one. So, for me, it
would be a hard desicon, weighing the
current situation at the time, and all of
the factors.
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eiri
wrote:
you are allowed your opinon (obviously)
that those who abort are cruel and those
who don't are kind, but remember that
there are many women who are the kindest
people you'll ever meet... And they
aborted. They are not cruel! Yet,
they had a choice to make at some point in
their lives, and they chose to move on
with the way their life currently was.
well they were cruel when they had their
abortion! But hopefully they will
recognize their mistakes and become
christians one day.
that's sickening. The world would be a
very boring, very bad place if everyone
was christian.
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eiri
wrote:
i don't think abortion is cruel at all,
just like I don't think the euthanization
of pets is cruel, if they are old and
sick. I don't think it's cruel to shoot
a horse that has broken its legs. I
also know for a fact that it's not cruel
to milk cows; if you don't milk them you
do more harm than if you do! But, these
are all things that people have called
"inhumane". It is a difference of
opinion, and some people think that these
things are as horrible as murder.
correct, millions of us all over the world
think abortion is a cruel, sinful
act.
no comment about the other things I
mentioned though? You see it is a scale,
of what people consider horrific.
.P.E.T.A considers any mistreatment of
animals at all, even if it is euthanasia,
to be cruel and horrid. You consider
abortion the sme way, but maybe not
euthanasia. I don't consider abortion
horrible, but murder is. See?
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I never said that unborn people are
worthless, I think they are great! I
work in labor and delivery quite a bit, if
that is what the mother-to-be wants or to
adopt it out. I have two of my own that
are adults now and are doing great and I
have taken in several! Iam just more
open and understanding about certain
cicumstances. So you still do not get
it!
No, nobody should neglect or abuse a
child, baby, teenager adult, sr. Cit.,
but they do and will. If they were to
illlegalize abortion, it would just make
it worse. It is your choice to continue
on with your pregnancy, adopt or abort,
so, can I ask, what is so wrong with that?
I feel it is a pretty good plan.
Sometimes you have to look at the whole
picture on abortion and their are times
that it is noone's business and their are
times that I have known that their are
reasons why that person is having an
abortion and their are other times that it
is none of my business.
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Posted: 02-04-06 09:17am
sandyallen
wrote:
i never said that unborn
people are worthless, I think they are
great! I work in labor and delivery
quite a bit, if that is what the
mother-to-be wants or to adopt it out.
I have two of my own that are adults now
and are doing great and I have taken in
several! Iam just more open and
understanding about certain cicumstances.
So you still do not get it!
get what? That is okay to abort?
sandyallen
wrote:
no, nobody should neglect or abuse a
child, baby, teenager adult, sr. Cit.,
but they do and will. If they were to
illlegalize abortion, it would just make
it worse.
not true. You don't become a child
neglector just because you got preggo at a
time you wouldn't have wanted.
sandyallen
wrote:
it is your choice to continue on with your
pregnancy, adopt or abort, so, can I ask,
what is so wrong with that? I feel it
is a pretty good plan. Sometimes you
have to look at the whole picture on
abortion and their are times that it is
noone's business and their are times that
I have known that their are reasons why
that person is having an abortion and
their are other times that it is none of
my business.
what is wrong? Abortion is wrong.
Nothing justifies killing another human
being.
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Posted: 02-04-06 12:04pm
nightangel73
wrote:
what is wrong? Abortion is wrong.
Nothing justifies killing another human
being.
in your opinion. Just saying something
over and over doesn't make it true.
Abortion is not wrong. Abortion is the
termination of a pregnancy. It has no
moral dimension other than that which the
woman concerned chooses to attribute to
it. Abortion of a pregnancy which is
unwanted is simply a medical procedure.
If the woman believes it is right, then it
is right.
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Posted: 02-04-06 12:37pm
poopoopoo
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just saying something over and over
doesn't make it true.
same applies to you.
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Posted: 02-04-06 12:55pm
nightangel73
wrote:
poopoopoo
wrote:
just saying something over and over
doesn't make it true.
same applies to
you.
yes. But I am not trying to tell other
people what to think. I am telling them
that if they think abortion is wrong, they
shouldn't have one. If they feel it is
the right choice, then that is their
decision to make. "wrong" is a
meaningless word without context.
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Posted: 02-04-06 17:05pm
poopoopoo
wrote:
nightangel73
wrote:
poopoopoo
wrote:
just saying something over and over
doesn't make it true.
same applies to
you.
yes. But I am not trying to tell other
people what to think. I am telling them
that if they think abortion is wrong, they
shouldn't have one. If they feel it is
the right choice, then that is their
decision to make. "wrong" is a
meaningless word without
context.
but you just state that abortion is not
wrong so you too are telling other people
what to think. Hello?
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Posted: 02-04-06 17:21pm
nightangel73
wrote:
but you just state that abortion is not
wrong so you too are telling other people
what to think.
Hello?
there is nothing inherently "wrong" about
it. It's like saying there is nothing
"wrong" with body-piercing, or sex-change
operations, or having a vasectomy. All
these things are up to the individual
owner of the body. I wouldn't have a sex
change, or have my nipples pierced, but
why should I impose my views on someone
else -- I don't live in their body. It is
up to the individual to decide what is
"wrong" or "right" for them. I am not
saying abortion is *never* wrong. If
someone doesn't want one, they certainly
shouldn't have one. If you think it is
wrong, then you should not have one. I
would never tell you that you should think
they are not wrong *for yourself*. But
there is no way they can be wrong for
everyone. Or right for everyone.
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Aw, no one has replied to me yet. Oh
well.
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Posted: 02-05-06 00:47am
eiri
wrote:
aw, no one has replied to me
yet. Oh
well.
i have not forget you eiri. Had to attend
my bf but I will get back to you
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Posted: 02-05-06 01:22am
nightangel73
wrote:
eiri
wrote:
aw, no one has replied to me
yet. Oh
well.
i have not forget you eiri. Had to
attend my bf but I will get back to you
;-)
weeee! ^_^
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Thanks poopoopoo! I feel the pretty much
the same way! Some pro-lifer's here just
love to take what you say and twist it all
around and make it sound differently then
what we say originally, I am starting to
think or I should say that I have noticed
that in pro-lifer's for quite some time
now it is just that certain people bring
it back out more.
It seems to me still that most of the
pro-lifer's here think that us
pro-choicer's are 100% for abortion when
we are 100% for choice, only because we
are more open and understanding. If the
pregnant female wants to continue on with
the pregnancy, that is her choice, if she
wants to abort, it is her choice, if she
wants to adopt, it is her choice(even
though alot of times adoptions fail but
that is my own personal belief because I
work with a lot of adopted children and a
lot of children that were supposed to be
adopted were put back into the system and
some of these foster homes are not very
good and I did not say all) but that is
still their choice, the pregnant female,
that is.
A lot of these young girls and some older
have lived in this sheltered little world,
never been anywhere or done anything and
think the world is full of roses, they
forget, about the thorns in these roses.
Does it not say in the bible that you
shall not judge, well, you are not walking
in their shoes and you should not after
all, pro-choice does not.
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Posted: 02-05-06 14:28pm
Forget about who is morally correct about
abortion, what I cant understand is this..
America is a country that has 40 odd
percent of the population as catholics and
other denominational christians take the
figure upto 76% of the population. So why
is the majority of the population being
ignored?
Something like 90% of the american public
opinion on abortion says it should be
restricted and most of them say for
exception for rape, incest or life of
mother, yet the majority of people are
being ignored.....Why?
Britian has about 40million christians in
a population of about 60 million people,
yet again its the leftist, liberal
politically correct brigade that seem to
dictate to the governments... Alienating
the majority of people.
Again ireland is around 90% catholic yet
these liberals are constantly trying to
force or coerce ireland into legalising
abortion, contary to the beliefs of the
majoriy of the populance... Why?
Throughout europe most countries have
strong usually majority christian
populations, yet the governments alianate
their own people in favor of adopting
liberal ideologies... Why?
The united nations has a board
specifically set up by planned parenthood
to promote abortion around the globe
against the wishes of buddhists, muslims,
christians, hindus, jews and many
secularist people too.... Why?
The worlds secular media is constantly
promoting liberal theology, constantly
alienating the mass public.... And
portraying muslims or christians in a bad
light, either as terrorists or as extreeme
religious nuts... Alienating the majority
of the worlds population in total 3
billion.
Why are they attacking and alienating the
majority of the people... And if we say
anything we are forcing our beliefs on
others... But they can force all their
beliefs on everyone else including the
majority.
I dont agree with it but sometimes its
easy to understand why many muslims are
literally up in arms
there is something seriously wrong in the
world when our governments dont listen to
the majority of their people or when
minorities start dictating what is right
and wrong to the majority...Something
saddly wrong.
We live in awful times... Unless your a
gay or a extreeme feminist or some other
minority liberal idealist and its about
time the majority did something about
it.... Sooner rather than later I hope
for the sake of peace... The longer it
goes on I fear the stronger and harsher
the backlash will be, thankfully most
people are religous or have a religous
morality of tollerence and
forgivness...And will seek peaceful means
of change rather than violent... But
there are obviously some who will and are
objecting using violence.... I pray there
will be a quick and peceful solution to
this global alienation of relgious people,
by liberal minority groups.
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Posted: 02-05-06 15:39pm
izzy
wrote:
forget about who is morally
correct about abortion, what I cant
understand is this.. America is a
country that has 40 odd percent of the
population as catholics and other
denominational christians take the figure
upto 76% of the population. So why is
the majority of the population being
ignored?
Something like 90% of the american public
opinion on abortion says it should be
restricted and most of them say for
exception for rape, incest or life of
mother, yet the majority of people are
being ignored.....Why?
Britian has about 40million christians in
a population of about 60 million people,
yet again its the leftist, liberal
politically correct brigade that seem to
dictate to the governments... Alienating
the majority of people.
Again ireland is around 90% catholic yet
these liberals are constantly trying to
force or coerce ireland into legalising
abortion, contary to the beliefs of the
majoriy of the populance... Why?
Throughout europe most countries have
strong usually majority christian
populations, yet the governments alianate
their own people in favor of adopting
liberal ideologies... Why?
The united nations has a board
specifically set up by planned parenthood
to promote abortion around the globe
against the wishes of buddhists,
buddhists are unlike any other religion;
they have no "god" telling them what to
do, and I know many buddhists who are
pro-choice. Nice try though.
Quote:
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muslims,
christians, hindus, jews and many
secularist people too.... Why?
The worlds secular media is constantly
promoting liberal theology, constantly
alienating the mass public.... And
portraying muslims or christians in a bad
light, either as terrorists or as extreeme
religious nuts... Alienating the
majority of the worlds population in total
3 billion.
Why are they attacking and alienating the
majority of the people... And if we say
anything we are forcing our beliefs on
others... But they can force all their
beliefs on everyone else including the
majority.
I dont agree with it but sometimes its
easy to understand why many muslims are
literally up in arms
there is something seriously wrong in the
world when our governments dont listen to
the majority of their people or when
minorities start dictating what is right
and wrong to the majority...Something
saddly wrong.
it was pretty horrible for women to, back
before we had the vote. But guess how we
got what we wanted? We fought for it
through the legal system. If all of you
"religious" people want abortion
illegal/regulated so badly, then why
aren't you going through the
system? And maybe you are... And maybe
if it osn't working, then perhaps all of
you "religious" people aren't as cohesive
on the issue of abortion as you think you
are. Maybe more of you are pro-choice
than you think.
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we live in awful
times... Unless your a gay or a extreeme
feminist or some other minority liberal
idealist and its about time the majority
did something about it....
you think life is so wonderful for
homosexuals? Why don't you try coming out
of the closet and keeping your job? Try
adopting, try enrolling your child in a
catholic school if you're living with a
gay partner. Even if you're religious,
the church abandons you.
So do it, or try. I think you'll find
that not that many of you are actually
pro-life, which is why nothing has been
done about it yet.
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sooner rather
than later I hope for the sake of
peace...
oh yeah cause abortion is totally exactly
the same as war!
Quote:
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the longer it
goes on I fear the stronger and harsher
the backlash will be, thankfully most
people are religous or have a religous
morality of tollerence
the tolerance to... Force womn to be baby
machines?
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and
forgivness...
then forgive those who abot, do not
condemn them and call them names!! Do you
not see how hypocritical you are??
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and will seek
peaceful means of change rather than
violent...
yeah, that would be the american legal
system. Try using it some day. But just
like trying to get rid of evolution in
schools, I think you'll find that people
don't want to get rid of abortion.
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but there are
obviously some who will and are objecting
using violence.... I pray there will be
a quick and peceful solution to this
global alienation of relgious people, by
liberal minority
groups.
oh, i'm terrified by your overwhelming
numbers.
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Izzy
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 16 Oct 2004 Posts: 883 Location: Earth
Posted: 02-05-06 16:50pm
"it was pretty horrible for women to, back
before we had the vote. But guess how we
got what we wanted? We fought for it
through the legal system. If all of you
"religious" people want abortion
illegal/regulated so badly, then why
aren't you going through the system? And
maybe you are... And maybe if it osn't
working, then perhaps all of you
"religious" people aren't as cohesive on
the issue of abortion as you think you
are. Maybe more of you are pro-choice
than you think. "
women who got the vote, were fine examples
of women, they were all about equality and
fairness.... They would spit at and slap
the likes of you as being a disgrace to
feminism...Although they probably wouldnt
stoop to your standards... They were pro
life!
Great feminists early fouders of feminism
(not extreeme feminists) on abortion:-
susan b anthony
"guilty? Yes. No matter what the motive,
love of ease, or a desire to save from
suffering the unborn innocent, the woman
is awfully guilty who commits the deed.
It will burden her conscience in life, it
will burden her soul in death; but oh,
thrice guilty is he who drove her to the
desperation which impelled her to the
crime!"
elizabeth stanton
classified abortion as a form of
"infanticide." the revolution, 1(5):1,
february 5, 1868
"when we consider that women are treated
as property, it is degrading to women that
we should treat our children as property
to be disposed of as we see fit."
letter to julia ward howe, october 16,
1873, recorded in howe's diary at harvard
university library
"there must be a remedy even for such a
crying evil as this. But where shall it
be found, at least where begin, if not in
the complete enfranchisement and elevation
of women?"
mattie brinkerhoff
"when a man steals to satisfy hunger, we
may safely conclude that there is
something wrong in society - so when a
woman destroys the life of her unborn
child, it is an evidence that either by
education or circumstances she has been
greatly wronged."
victoria woodhull
the first female presidential candidate
was a strong opponent of abortion.
"the rights of children as individuals
begin while yet they remain the foetus."
woodhull's and claffin's weekly 2(6):4
december 24, 1870
""every woman knows that if she were free,
she would never bear an unwished-for
child, nor think of murdering one before
its birth."
wheeling, west virginia evening standard,
november 17, 1875
sarah norton:
"child murderers practice their profession
without let or hindrance, and open infant
butcheries unquestioned...Is there no
remedy for all this ante-natal child
homicide?...Perhaps there will come a time
when...An unmarried mother will not be
despised because of her motherhood...And
when the right of the unborn to be born
will not be denied or interfered with."
woodhull's and claffin's weekly, november
19, 1870
mary wollstonecraft:
"women becoming, consequently,
weaker...Than they ought to be...Have not
sufficient strength to discharge the first
duty of a mother; and sacrificing to
lasciviousness the parental
affection...Either destroy the embryo in
the womb, or cast if off when born.
Nature in every thing demands respect, and
those who violate her laws seldom violate
them with impunity."
matilda george:
"[this] subject lies deeper down in
woman's wrongs than any other...I hesitate
not to assert that most of [the
responsibility for] this crime lies at the
door of the male sex."
the revolution, 1(14):215-6 april 9, 1868
alice paul:
"abortion is the ultimate exploitation of
women."
" maybe if it osn't working, then perhaps
all of you "religious" people aren't as
cohesive on the issue of abortion as you
think you are. Maybe more of you are
pro-choice than you think. "
you see there are many great people trying
to change things, but the liberal minority
groups have the governments ear... Why I
dont know... How it benifits the
government to ignore and alienate the
majority of people I dont know, but I
dread to think!
"you think life is so wonderful for
homosexuals? Why don't you try coming out
of the closet and keeping your job? Try
adopting, try enrolling your child in a
catholic school if you're living with a
gay partner. Even if you're religious,
the church abandons you."
i am not saying its all peaches and cream,
far from it in the general public where
the majority of people still find
homosexual activity as immoral, perverse
and totally abnormal... However, I was
talking more along the lines of its sunny
days at the moment since it is they who
have the governments ear and are being
very succesful in lobbying government to
help promote homosexuality, they have a
very good friend in the media.
Reading this you may think I am homophobic
or anti gay or whatever... Nothing could
be further from the truth... I think it
proposterous that should someone be gay
they should be discriminated against by
businesses or public schools etc... That
is wrong, however I am dead against being
dictated to by a small minority of people
about what laws I must endure. I think it
equally wrong that you or they expect a
catholic school to accept them even though
it goes against their beliefs. Or that
they should be able to adopt children
which nature has forbidden... As for the
church if two people of the same sex are
in an active homosexual relationship, it
has no other option but to denounce that
relationship, however should a homosexual
abstain from a active relationship, the
church would commend such a person.
If your gay and religious, the church does
not abandon you, you by going against the
teachings of church and the bible by
engaging in an active homosexual
relationship abandon the church.
"the tolerance to... Force womn to be
baby machines?"
did you even think how stupid you would
sound by saying that?
"then forgive those who abot, do not
condemn them "
we do forgive them, just ask norma
mccorvey... Aka jane roe... If we dont
forgive women who abort, we would hardlys
be likly to forgive the woman who
legalised abortion... Not that she needs
our forgivness since she has been granted
forgivness by god
we do not condemn women who abort, we
condemn the act and opinions that support
the act.
"that would be the american legal system.
Try using it some day. But just like
trying to get rid of evolution in schools,
I think you'll find that people don't want
to get rid of abortion."
you see we are using the legal system,
that is why we elected a pro life
president who will ignore the congressmen
and senators who are listening to the
minorities and will elect pro life
supreeme court justices.... Who will
eventually over turn roe v wade... But
thats wrong isnt it, 90% of the population
shouldnt work to make their country great
in their eyes.... No the 10% minorities
should only be allowed to work to make the
country great in their eyes.
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Tylanas
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Posted: 02-05-06 20:06pm
izzy
wrote:
"it was pretty horrible for
women to, back before we had the vote.
But guess how we got what we wanted? We
fought for it through the legal system.
If all of you "religious" people want
abortion illegal/regulated so badly, then
why aren't you going through the system?
And maybe you are... And maybe if it
osn't working, then perhaps all of you
"religious" people aren't as cohesive on
the issue of abortion as you think you
are. Maybe more of you are pro-choice
than you think. "
women who got the vote, were fine examples
of women, they were all about equality and
fairness.... They would spit at and slap
the likes of you as being a disgrace to
feminism...Although they probably wouldnt
stoop to your standards... They were pro
life!
i'm not a feminist, but thanks for
assuming. And no, not all of them were
pro-life, but once again, thanks for
assuming. And even though a good part of
them were; i'm still not a feminist. I am
proud of what they did for getting me the
vote and many other rights; but then gain,
feminists of their time were also against
alcohol consumption. So really, I don't
very much care what they have to say about
abortion. I make my own decisions.
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" maybe if it osn't working, then perhaps
all of you "religious" people aren't as
cohesive on the issue of abortion as you
think you are. Maybe more of you are
pro-choice than you think. "
you see there are many great people trying
to change things, but the liberal minority
groups have the governments ear... Why I
dont know... How it benifits the
government to ignore and alienate the
majority of people I dont know, but I
dread to
think!
the liberal minority has the government's
car? Please! Look who was just
appointed: .Alito! Look who's in office,
and who has been in office for two terms:
.Bush! Look who has most of both houses:
.Republicans!! Liberals are so loud,
annoying and screechy because they don't
have power, not because they do.
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"you think life
is so wonderful for homosexuals? Why
don't you try coming out of the closet and
keeping your job? Try adopting, try
enrolling your child in a catholic school
if you're living with a gay partner.
Even if you're religious, the church
abandons you."
i am not saying its all peaches and cream,
far from it in the general public where
the majority of people still find
homosexual activity as immoral, perverse
and totally abnormal... However, I was
talking more along the lines of its sunny
days at the moment since it is they who
have the governments ear and are being
very succesful in lobbying government to
help promote homosexuality, they have a
very good friend in the
media.
just like the feminists had their time,
the racial minorities had their time, now
it is the homosexual's time. Maybe the
religious fanatics just need to market
themselves better. Then we can undo many
of the advances we've gotten in the last
century.
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reading this you may think I am homophobic
or anti gay or whatever... Nothing could
be further from the truth... I think it
proposterous that should someone be gay
they should be discriminated against by
businesses or public schools etc... That
is wrong, however I am dead against being
dictated to by a small minority of people
about what laws I must endure. I think
it equally wrong that you or they expect a
catholic school to accept them even though
it goes against their beliefs.
so catholic gays can't put their child who
is straight into a ctholic church to be
brought up under the “light of the
lord” as they were, even if the child is
straight, it needs to be condemned because
his parents are gay? I'm happy to inform
you that at least one catholic school
refused the demands of straight parets to
kick the child of a gay couple out. The
school felt that the “sins” of the
child's parents were not his own. The
straight parents threatened to remove
their own children from the school, and
the school said “go ahead, nice knowing
ya!”
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or that they
should be able to adopt children which
nature has forbidden...
well what about infertile women in
straight relationships? Nature has
forbidden them to have children too, so I
guess they can't adopt either.
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as for the church
if two people of the same sex are in an
active homosexual relationship, it has no
other option but to denounce that
relationship, however should a homosexual
abstain from a active relationship, the
church would commend such a
person.
actually, my one friend came out as
lesbian; she'd never had a relationship,
but she informed her local catholic priest
for whatever reason; or perhaps her
parents informed him. Either way, she
received a letter a week later saying that
she had been excommunicated.
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if your gay and
religious, the church does not abandon
you, you by going against the teachings of
church and the bible by engaging in an
active homosexual relationship abandon the
church.
"the tolerance to... Force womn to be
baby machines?"
did you even think how stupid you would
sound by saying
that?
you're the one who said you had tolerance.
So be tolerant! Don't force a thirteen
year old who never learned about birth
control (because of course .Bush made all
sex education “abstinence only”) to
have a hard, difficult pregnancy in her
underdeveloped body, and then suffer
through a c-section because her pelvis
isn't big enough to give birth. She
wasn't raped, she just didn't know any
better because she didn't know how babies
were made.
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"then forgive
those who abot, do not condemn them "
we do forgive them, just ask norma
mccorvey... Aka jane roe... If we dont
forgive women who abort, we would hardlys
be likly to forgive the woman who
legalised abortion... Not that she needs
our forgivness since she has been granted
forgivness by god
we do not condemn women who abort, we
condemn the act and opinions that support
the act.
then why are you so mean to women on the
abortion forum? Why are you so
judgmental?
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"that would be
the american legal system. Try using it
some day. But just like trying to get
rid of evolution in schools, I think
you'll find that people don't want to get
rid of abortion."
you see we are using the legal system,
that is why we elected a pro life
president who will ignore the congressmen
and senators who are listening to the
minorities and will elect pro life
supreeme court justices.... Who will
eventually over turn roe v wade... But
thats wrong isnt it, 90% of the population
shouldnt work to make their country great
in their eyes.... No the 10% minorities
should only be allowed to work to make the
country great in their
eyes.
actually what you just described is the
system of checks and balances!! Neat,
huh? So, pro-life president, pro-choice
congress and a set of judges who
technically shouldn't have an opinion, and
just rule down the middle... Which means
that what's going up through the
congressmen is what the people
want. If the messages you want to hear
aren't getting to congress, then who's
fault is that? 90% of america's fault,
apparently.
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nightangel73
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Posted: 02-05-06 23:37pm
eiri
wrote:
liberals are so loud,
annoying and screechy because they don't
have power, not because they do.
thank god!!!!
eiri
wrote:
actually, my one friend came out as
lesbian; she'd never had a relationship,
but she informed her local catholic priest
for whatever reason; or perhaps her
parents informed him. Either way, she
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