Mississippi gov. supports amendment to declare fertilized egg a person

[VOLatile]

Not sure it would take too much to blow either his or Brownbacks' minds.

I don't know if anything could actually blow their minds since they're constantly closed.

 

[RespectTradition]

Not anymore than I would consider sprem a life.



I don't know. And quite frankly, neither do you. You are choosing an arbitrary point. The joke about their being a third person in the room before the man and woman light their cigarettes come to mind. It's an absurd notion.

For the record, I didn't name a cutoff point, but anyway...

Isn't any point arbitrary? Whatever criteria is chosen, be it conception, viability, ability to feel pain, whatever, isn't it all based on arbitrary criteria? Don't we tend to pick the criteria based on what will lead us to our own predetermined cutoff?

 

[volinbham]

I'm with RJD on this one - somewhere in the middle.

To me this is one of the great ethical dilemmas of man and I simply cannot fathom people that are staunchly pro-either side.

 

[RespectTradition]

I'm with RJD on this one - somewhere in the middle.

To me this is one of the great ethical dilemmas of man and I simply cannot fathom people that are staunchly pro-either side.

Aren't ethical dilemmas the very things that we should take our strongest stands on?

 

[volinbham]

Aren't ethical dilemmas the very things that we should take our strongest stands on?

Sure they are but that doesn't mean they are black and white.

 

[Slydell]

I'm against it. It would make me a year older.

 

[utvolpj]

I'm with RJD on this one - somewhere in the middle.

To me this is one of the great ethical dilemmas of man and I simply cannot fathom people that are staunchly pro-either side.

to me it's not much of a dilemma anymore. I've been through some things in the past couple of years that pretty much made my mind up. Had this law been in place I would have been forced into something that is unconscionable in my mind. It doesn't just remove choice but it removes any educated choice a person might be able to make.

Because the amendment would define a fertilized egg as a person with full legal rights, it could have an impact on a woman's ability to get the morning-after pill or birth control pills that destroy fertilized eggs, and it could make in vitro fertilization treatments more difficult because it could become illegal to dispose of unused fertilized eggs.

this part tells me the people voting for it have no clue what's in the bill

"We're trying to say there is another way besides abortion, that there can be a home for every child," Herring said. "Not every unwanted child has to die. There are over a million couples waiting to adopt. It's time to stop the senseless killing of children. We can provide these children, if people don't want them, to all of those who cannot have children themselves and stop the rush of people going to Russia, China and other areas to get children."

then work on legislation to make the adoption process easier.

Also, can someone be staunchly for this measure and yet be against expanding social programs?

 

[Panthro]

That's why I never wear condoms.

I thought it was because you never had the opportunity.

 

[PKT_VOL]

I'm against it. It would make me a year older.

Underrated post.

 

[KiffinKiller]

Sperm are definitely alive. I have a sock with so much DNA in it that it walks my apartment halls daily to remind me of this.