02/04/2012 12:12:22 am
@ knucklehead - why do you assume everyone here are men and why does that matter? "religious right" by that term I think you really mean to say those that respect all life. and yes the respect of life's main goal is to end all abortion. no abortion is ever needed.education on abortion is needed, it causes more harm to all involved than PP will ever tell you, contraception does not decrease abortion just look at the...
02/03/2012 10:50:30 pm
I also find it really telling that virtually any debate about abortion is always conducted primarily by men.
02/03/2012 10:47:59 pm
I'm so bored with the "abortion debate" as it stands in this country. I don't believe that the religious right wants abortion ended because they feel it is a way of maintaining control over political power.
Increasing the availability of good quality sex education, availability of contraception, good education in general, and higher rates of pay have been shown -conclusively- to reduce the number of abortions. But...
02/03/2012 9:33:55 pm
Steve could certainly relate to that. Or if you were with DOT...
02/03/2012 8:35:23 pm
Mervel, thanks for the reply. Each sperm and egg produced during spermatogenisis and oogenisis is a genetically unique (totally unique in your words). There is then another level of genetic change that occurs during fertilization (conception being the other term).
02/03/2012 8:13:42 pm
Walker: "Is NLB just JDM with a new set of initials?"
Still here, Walker. Just more us, apparently.
02/03/2012 7:28:42 pm
The number of abortions has not gone down since Planned Parenthood came into existence, it has in fact exploded.
I don't think Planned Parenthood caused the increases we have seen but they don't stop abortions, they simply go with the flow.
02/03/2012 4:17:50 pm
NLB, figures on the numbers of abortions performed have absolutely nothing to do with your claim that "planned parenthood has done nothing to decrease abortion numbers."
If Planned Parenthood hadn't made birth control available at low cost to people who couldn't otherwise afford it, there would have been many more unplanned pregnancies, many of which would have resulted in abortions. They provided 2.2 million...
02/03/2012 4:10:27 pm
My opinion though from a legal, strategic standpoint is that the train has left the station. We can't control any drugs in this country we certainly would not be able to control this drug. The same goes for the procedure itself, it is simply too popular at this point to stop, it is now a normal part of our culture and society. If you outlawed it, it would just be one more giant underground business that we would...
02/03/2012 3:39:27 pm
I can't speak for the other pro-life individuals. But to answer your question Paul anything that would kill a human life would be a problem. So once conception happens a unique human being is at that point born it is a living being that is totally unique in all of existence. My problem with the willful killing of that human being is that it creates an attitude that is cavalier toward life in a society. It becomes...
02/03/2012 3:38:48 pm
Looks like the Koman Foundation has come to its senses and reversed itself. Funding for PP is back on.
http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2012/02/komen-apologizes-for-recent-de.html
02/03/2012 3:04:07 pm
PP Year Report Gov Fund. Abortions Blood $ from Abort
1999 187mil 183,000
2005 273mil 265,000
2008-09 363.2mil 332,278 $162,580,040
2010 487.4mil 329,445 $164,722,500
Here you go Walker, from PP Yearly Reports
Some women don't do well after an abortion, if that is the case there is healing at www.rachelsvineyard.org
02/03/2012 2:35:48 pm
NLB, I am curious how someone like you sees the so called "morning after pill" (Plan B). Putting myself "in the shoes" of someone doing that does that, what do you think? It still probably fits your definition of an abortion? How do you fell about the blockage of conception as in "the pill", a condom, or abstinence? Do you see that as "aborting" the possibility of conception?
02/03/2012 1:38:01 pm
In a related development, the Komen Foundation is beating a hasty retreat from their decision to defund Planned Parenthood, though many former donors are saying it's too little, too late. It has not escaped attention that they did not back down until their revenues were threatened, and even after, it is not clear that they will restore funding.
The following link is interesting, especially the...
02/03/2012 1:06:24 pm
Is NLB just JDM with a new set of initials?
NLB, on what factual basis do you make the claim that "planned parenthood has done nothing to decrease abortion numbers"? You just go around spouting off stuff you think ought to be true?
And yes, to answer your question, I have witnessed an abortion, and I have seen the woman upon whom it was performed positively giddy with relief that the problems of an unplanned...
02/03/2012 12:35:18 pm
Steve don't get so bent out of shape. People are entitled to their opinions and to remain anonymous. You are leaving people out of the discussion if you make them use their name. For instance, you would not be using your name and commenting if you were still with the APA. It's a fact. Your comments would not be liked by the agency.
02/03/2012 11:55:24 am
planned parenthood has done nothing to decrease abortion numbers :(
more funding = more abortions
02/03/2012 11:41:37 am
Opposing abortion is not necessarily a religious position. I oppose abortion, not out of religious belief, but out of a repugnance with abortion. The talk of religion, and even the debate over "viability" is, I think, a distraction from contemplation of the act itself, which strikes me as horrible. Defunding Planned Parenthood's program is, however, a terrible idea and may increase abortions in the area. Pregnant...
02/03/2012 11:36:41 am
It's obvious that you hard headed pro-aborts are too stubborn and blind to see the truth of abortion. seriously, are you speaking from a personal experience or just hear say? have you ever witnessed an abortion? put yourself in the shoes of the baby that is being aborted. put yourself in the shoes of a woman having an abortion. then turn to your God (or your conscience) and tell him/her/or yourself that abortion is...
02/03/2012 11:23:55 am
"Paul – the country is split about 50:50 on the abortion question. Depends how and what you ask."
Peter, not interested in arguing any of these points. I just think that some of these stats are surprising. You are right that if you use the are you "pro life" or "pro choice" question it is split down the middle.
If accurate, this is also interesting:
"Notably, adults 18 to 34 are neither more nor less...
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