Your argument is easily turned against you: "stopping the root cause, unwanted pregnancy, is MUCH more difficult and uncomfortable that simply taking a moral stand that nobody disagrees with."
Therefore, shouldn't pro-choice be much more into preventing the pregnancy than in terminating it? "Ignorant because they must not understand how pregnancy happens or what the root cause of abortion is. It would be like treating The Plague by making black scabs illegal." So you're saying that they don't know where babies come from? The analogy is incorrect: there's nothing anyone does to get the plague, it just happens to you when you're unlucky; but you can prevent from getting pregnant (except in cases of rape, which is a whole different argument). "The "pro-choicers" choose to treat the root cause, unwanted pregnancy." Nope, the pregnancy has already occurred. Pro-choicers are treating the problem "Unwanted Baby". There's a big difference there. "Stop those [unwanted pregancy] and there's nothing for the "pro-lifers" to complain about." Agreed. How about birth control in the water? Matthew Small -----Original Message----- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 4:38 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Science, for dummies > Matthew wrote: > Again, you've confused your crusade with theirs, if I understand that yours > is "unwanted pregancy". Also, wouldn't lack of abortion be a deterrant? > Since nobody is saying, "What this country needs is more abortions!" Everyone is anti-abortion; all wish there to be no abortion. Therefore, the only question is how you choose to do away with abortion. It's a simply policy debate - we all agree on the problem, the disagreement in on the solution. The "pro-lifers" choose solve the problem by making those who have an abortion criminals. That is, treat the consequence rather than the root cause. The "pro-choicers" choose to treat the root cause, unwanted pregnancy. Stop those and there's nothing for the "pro-lifers" to complain about. > Perhaps they are "mis-guided", but where do ignorant and/or cowardly come > into play? > Ignorant because they must not understand how pregnancy happens or what the root cause of abortion is. It would be like treating The Plague by making black scabs illegal. Cowardly because stopping the root cause, unwanted pregnancy, is MUCH more difficult and uncomfortable that simply taking a moral stand that nobody disagrees with. It's like taking a stand against hurricanes vs. designing the gov't policy to adequately protect the life and property of citizens. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:174449 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
