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QUOTE (brett05 @ Nov 9, 2016 -> 02:46 PM)
It's alive and it's murder. Kill a pregnant woman in something like 38 states and it's a double homicide. But hey, keep trying to hide the murder.

 

Since when do laws have anything to do with science?

 

Nice try, but you will never win this argument on scientific grounds. You want to argue "religion" and "morality" feel free. But again, those same people were the ones who said the Earth was the center of the Universe. The very people who made Da Vinci and Galileo have to hide their findings for fear of backlash.

 

Earth now center of Universe, not a debate because Church told me so!

 

WOOT WOOT CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE!

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QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Nov 9, 2016 -> 02:49 PM)
Since when do laws have anything to do with science?

 

Nice try, but you will never win this argument on scientific grounds. You want to argue "religion" and "morality" feel free. But again, those same people were the ones who said the Earth was the center of the Universe. The very people who made Da Vinci and Galileo have to hide their findings for fear of backlash.

 

Earth now center of Universe, not a debate because Church told me so!

 

WOOT WOOT CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE!

Nothing to do with religion. You'll find no scientific evidence that the human life does not start at conception.

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A friend of mine works for a large adoption agency. She said business is getting really slow. There now is so much red tape with foreign adoptions, many countries won't go through it with the US. But what I found interesting is she said since the ACA, there are far less unplanned pregnancies in the US, as women are getting more birth control.

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QUOTE (brett05 @ Nov 9, 2016 -> 02:50 PM)
Nothing to do with religion. You'll find no scientific evidence that the human life does not start at conception.

 

Actually that is false.

 

Can a 1 week fertilized egg survive outside of the womb?

 

No.

 

Can a 1 week fertilized egg survive with assistance from science outside of the womb?

 

No.

 

Can a human survive with assistance of science survive outside of the womb?

 

Yes.

 

If a human cannot survive with the assistance of science outside of the womb, what do we call them?

 

Dead.

 

 

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QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Nov 9, 2016 -> 02:44 PM)
Youre right, it isnt a debate. Its not murder. In order for something to be murdered, it has to be alive. In order for something to be alive it has to be capable of self sustaining.

 

Is it "murder" when I get a haircut? Is it "murder" when someone has their tubes tied? Is it murder when someone has a vasectomy?

 

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Earth flat?

 

You do realize the people who call abortion "murder" are the same people who said the "earth is flat."

 

Either you with science or you are against science, this isnt a scientific debate, this is a religious one.

 

We've been over this before, but this is nonsense.

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QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 9, 2016 -> 02:51 PM)
A friend of mine works for a large adoption agency. She said business is getting really slow. There now is so much red tape with foreign adoptions, many countries won't go through it with the US. But what I found interesting is she said since the ACA, there are far less unplanned pregnancies in the US, as women are getting more birth control.

 

Free or super cheap BC wasn't enough at Planned Parenthood?

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QUOTE (brett05 @ Nov 9, 2016 -> 08:53 PM)
any evidence of my lack of understanding or just an attack on a poster?

 

The fact that you think it is "silly", or somehow comparable to believing in a flat Earth, makes me believe you've not actually examined it. I don't think the pro-life position is silly; I just don't agree with it.

 

Can you tell me why you think people are pro-choice?

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QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Nov 9, 2016 -> 02:55 PM)
Actually that is false.

 

Can a 1 week fertilized egg survive outside of the womb?

 

No.

 

Can a 1 week fertilized egg survive with assistance from science outside of the womb?

 

No.

 

Can a human survive with assistance of science survive outside of the womb?

 

Yes.

 

If a human cannot survive with the assistance of science outside of the womb, what do we call them?

 

Dead.

 

By your definition we can kill babies until they can feed themselves. Nice!

 

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QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Nov 9, 2016 -> 02:55 PM)
We've been over this before, but this is nonsense.

 

We have been over reasonable positions.

 

If you want to argue that at some point after pregnancy there is a moment where the cells become "human" and therefore should be protected, I 100% agree with that. But that is not the argument. He is saying all abortion is murder. And there is no way anyone can scientifically argue that at day 1 its the equivalent of a "human".

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QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Nov 9, 2016 -> 02:55 PM)
Actually that is false.

 

Can a 1 week fertilized egg survive outside of the womb?

 

No.

 

Can a 1 week fertilized egg survive with assistance from science outside of the womb?

 

No.

 

Can a human survive with assistance of science survive outside of the womb?

 

Yes.

 

If a human cannot survive with the assistance of science outside of the womb, what do we call them?

 

Dead.

 

The problem with this way of thinking is that as technology develops you're changing the definition of what is alive/dead. So over time more deaths occurred. That's a nonsensical way of looking at it.

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QUOTE (brett05 @ Nov 9, 2016 -> 02:58 PM)
By your definition we can kill babies until they can feed themselves. Nice!

 

Actually no. If you read you would see that a baby could survive with science (feeding tube, etc) so obviously they are "human".

 

Nice try, keep them coming.

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QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Nov 9, 2016 -> 02:58 PM)
We have been over reasonable positions.

 

If you want to argue that at some point after pregnancy there is a moment where the cells become "human" and therefore should be protected, I 100% agree with that. But that is not the argument. He is saying all abortion is murder. And there is no way anyone can scientifically argue that at day 1 its the equivalent of a "human".

 

That's fair.

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QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Nov 9, 2016 -> 03:56 PM)
Free or super cheap BC wasn't enough at Planned Parenthood?

 

The greater the access to free or cheap contraception, the fewer unplanned pregnancies. That both reduces abortion and the burden on the system when people who can't afford to have children have an accident.

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics...y-not-last-long

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QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Nov 9, 2016 -> 02:58 PM)
The problem with this way of thinking is that as technology develops you're changing the definition of what is alive/dead. So over time more deaths occurred. That's a nonsensical way of looking at it.

 

Im 100% fine with this way of thinking. And if ever science became so advanced that you could remove the cells at day 1 and save them, I would have a really hard time arguing that abortion should be legal. Because at that point giving away the cells would be akin to giving a child away for adoption.

 

But as of today, that is not scientifically feasible.

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QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Nov 9, 2016 -> 02:58 PM)
We have been over reasonable positions.

 

If you want to argue that at some point after pregnancy there is a moment where the cells become "human" and therefore should be protected, I 100% agree with that. But that is not the argument. He is saying all abortion is murder. And there is no way anyone can scientifically argue that at day 1 its the equivalent of a "human".

Well, except jesus.

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QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Nov 9, 2016 -> 02:56 PM)
Free or super cheap BC wasn't enough at Planned Parenthood?

Don't know. There were a bunch of us at dinner and I don't think she wanted it to get political, she just said, whether you want to believe it or not, it's true, since it's been enacted, that has been one of the results.

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QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 9, 2016 -> 03:02 PM)
Don't know. There were a bunch of us at dinner and I don't think she wanted it to get political, she just said, whether you want to believe it or not, it's true, since it's been enacted, that has been one of the results.

The use of BC whether free or cheap or whatever is always going to be an issue for a great number of the folks that also use plan B or have abortions.

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QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 9, 2016 -> 03:01 PM)
Well, except jesus.

 

 

I have no problem with people who want to argue morality/religion. That is 100% their right as an American. I may not agree, but they are free to argue that position. Just dont take a "religious" position and then try and convince me that its a "science" position.

 

If someone wants to argue on religious grounds, we can go down that path. I have some old testament arguments that suggest that life begins when the child could "breathe."

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