If the neonate cannot survive a few hours beyond birth then yes. If it has no brain (ancephaly) or similar conditions, then yes. Life alone is not enough, quality of life is as if not more important.
On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 12:27 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm guessing you support aborting a child after birth too. I'm not sure > what you're arguing for but you seem angry. > > . > > > > > On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > So you have no problem with horribly deformed or disabled fetuses being > > carried to term, when at best they would survive for a few hours? > > > > That is incredibly cruel. > > > > As for the latest excuse - fetal pain at 20 weeks, simply not possible. > > The the fetus may have a brain but at 20 weeks there is no perception > > period. There are few i f any thalamacortical connections - those don't > > come in for another month, so no pain. The brain itself is just a > > suspension of cells - the synapses are still growing and connecting. At > 20 > > weeks the nerve fibers are not even developed enough to transmit a pain > > signal. Pain requires a conscious recognition or awareness of a noxious > > stimulus. Neither withdrawal reflexes nor hormonal stress responses to > > invasive procedures prove the existence of fetal pain. This is because > > these same responses can be elicited by nonpainful means and occur > without > > conscious cortical processing. Awareness of pain requires functional > > thalamocortical connections. These fibers begin appearing between 23 to > 30 > > weeksÂ’ gestational age at the earlieet. Additionally EEG research > suggests > > the capacity for functional pain perception in fetuses probably does not > > exist before 29 or 30 weeks. > > http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=201429 > > > > So another case of the GOTP ignoring reality and insisting that ideology > > trumps science and reality. Next thing you know they'll try a King > Canute. > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > So you support late-term abortion for any reason? > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 11:37 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I've got to say, I'm quite amazed at how well these state republican > > > > legislatures are organized in their efforts to curb abortion rights. > I > > > find > > > > it very amusing that they all seem to be using the line of > "protecting > > > the > > > > health of women" in their efforts to impose harsh restrictions on > > clinics > > > > to eventually shut them down. Yet, they can't seem to point to any > > > evidence > > > > that this would actually help women in any way. > > > > > > > > I'm still trying to figure out how this relates to jobs as from what > I > > > > remember from the last campaign season, that's the most important > thing > > > for > > > > our country and the current president was wasting time on public > > health. > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:365200 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
