----- Original Message ----- From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 7:36 AM Subject: Re: Federal Marriage Amendment
> At 06:49 PM 2/17/2004 -0600 Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > >At 06:38 PM 2/17/04, Erik Reuter wrote: > >Did anyone say that it does not count? John said that he "does not believe > >in it", which I presume is because the Catholic church discourages > >it. AFAIK, the Catholic church does not teach that babies born through IVF > >are sub-human, or indeed anything but fully human. (If I am wrong on this, > >I'd appreciate correction from someone who knows what the Catholic church > >teaches.) > > More than just artificial insemination, it is certainly possibly for a > lesbian woman to have sex with a man who is not her partner to become > impregnated. I've conceded that in those cases there may be a compelling > interest for the child to be adopted by her biological mother, rather than > be placed in a family that meets her expectation of having a father and a > mother - but I don't believe that the government should *incentivise* such > outcomes. > > My problem with IVF is that a typical step of the procedure is selective > abortion, and I am at least intellectually consistent about my belief that > human life begins at conception. > "Eeeeevery sperm is sacred........." xponent Consistency Is The Hobgoblin Of Small Minds Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
