I am still bothered by McCain’s anti-choice rhetoric especially the fact that he believes that human life begins at conception and therefore the clump of cells cannot be aborted because it has a fundamental right as an individual that is I suppose, a rightful citizen of this world and of the human race. And as such, is entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
I respectfully disagree and consider that type of logic as illogical and based on the insane thinking of fetus worshipers otherwise known as anti-choice people who like to label themselves as pro-life.
Everyone is pro-life so that label is specious.
Developing medical science has made fetal viability a possibility at earlier and earlier periods of gestation. In earlier days, if you were three (3) months early, the fetus would not survive. That may still true in some cases but the odds are much better today that the fetus “could” survive.
I think the survivability issue is critical in deciding at which point an abortion cannot be performed but there is a good portion of time when an abortion can be performed because there is no question of survivability and therefore in my mind, a human does not exist only a potential human and that is not the same.
I guess what it boils down to is the question of “birth” and that is when a fetus becomes a person, “at birth” and not at conception when it is just a pair of cells.
Of course you can twist your religious beliefs to encompass your way of thinking but since religion is only a belief / myth and in no sense constitutes anything factual or real, it cannot be used to dictate to anyone how they should behave with THEIR body or products of their bodies; there are only practical, medical and ethical reasons that should define what you can or cannot do.
I realize that McCain is just kissing up to the evangelicals but it still irks me. What irks me more is how these evangelicals want to tell me and you what the hell we can or cannot do based on their belief that they are absolutely right and have the power to dictate to us because they are…what?
I say keep your nose out of business that does not concern you – period!
I respectfully disagree and consider that type of logic as illogical and based on the insane thinking of fetus worshipers otherwise known as anti-choice people who like to label themselves as pro-life.
Everyone is pro-life so that label is specious.
Developing medical science has made fetal viability a possibility at earlier and earlier periods of gestation. In earlier days, if you were three (3) months early, the fetus would not survive. That may still true in some cases but the odds are much better today that the fetus “could” survive.
I think the survivability issue is critical in deciding at which point an abortion cannot be performed but there is a good portion of time when an abortion can be performed because there is no question of survivability and therefore in my mind, a human does not exist only a potential human and that is not the same.
I guess what it boils down to is the question of “birth” and that is when a fetus becomes a person, “at birth” and not at conception when it is just a pair of cells.
Of course you can twist your religious beliefs to encompass your way of thinking but since religion is only a belief / myth and in no sense constitutes anything factual or real, it cannot be used to dictate to anyone how they should behave with THEIR body or products of their bodies; there are only practical, medical and ethical reasons that should define what you can or cannot do.
I realize that McCain is just kissing up to the evangelicals but it still irks me. What irks me more is how these evangelicals want to tell me and you what the hell we can or cannot do based on their belief that they are absolutely right and have the power to dictate to us because they are…what?
I say keep your nose out of business that does not concern you – period!
No comments:
Post a Comment