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"Then he needs to sign a contract before conception."
If he doesn't need to sign a contract for child support laws (meaning the responsibility is legally his from the start) then he doesn't need to sign one before conception either pertaining to abortion. With rights come responsibility, and if you are going to dish out responsibility, I expect you to be consistent and logical, and dish out the rights too.
"A unique collection of sensory impressions is the only differentiating characteristic."
Are you refuting what I am saying? What are you trying to say exactly?
"If what most pro-lifers want is a complete ban, my hands are utterly tied to my position, even if it means the slaughter of 15 k or so."
Dude.. seriously, think about this a minute. It doesn't matter what most pro-lifers *want* because they don't completely control the government. There are moderate pro-lifers, and pro-choice democrats, and possibly moderately pro-life democrats, and who knows what other types of politicians whose support would be needed to pass legislation. The result is that middle-of-the-road type legislation is passed, not what a given side *wants*.
For example.. just because we got a reasonable number of libertarians in office doesn't mean social security, education, and all these other government programs will be privatized.
Since there are various differing factions in the government that must be reasoned with, we often end up with moderate legislation. You don't need to worry about extremist pro-lifers who want to ban abortion entirely.
"Christianists cause unwanted pregnancies."
No, unwanted pregnancies are caused by individual decisions.
"The lack of abstinence or sexual irresponsibility is not the fault of feminists."
When did I ever say it was?