>>61
Okay, then I'll compare an embryo/fetus to that of a nonmalignant cancer turmor. Both have genetic differences from its host. Both don't have the same DNA of its host. So removing a cancer tumor is no different from an abortion.
"Maybe, but they obviously shouldn't be having sex to begin with if they don't have adequate contraceptives on hand."
I blame Bush, the conservatives, and the right-wing loonies whom make it a bitch and a half to get contraceptives for most states. You are living in a fantasy world, people won't stop having sex just because of a lack of contraceptives. Welcome to reality.
"Oh, pardon me for making it difficult for you to kill an innocent human fetus. I'm sorry ma'am, I'll just stand aside and let you kill it to make sure you don't have to deal with any sort of 'undue burden.' Would you like fries with that?"
<sarcasm>
Yes I would like some fries with that and some A1 steak sauce to go with my embryo.
</sarcasm>
"The fetus has a right to life, but it obviously doesn't supersede that of the mothers' in the event of a medical emergency."
The embryo/fetus, as a biological parasite, cannot have rights that superceed that of its host. The host's rights, superceed that of the parasite. More over, the embryo cannot have rights since it is unfeeling, and isn't a person.
"Who the hell are you to say I shouldn't have the right to take the lives of other people?"
I think you mean 'should' on your part. I'm not saying you should kill people, it is wrong to do so. I have no problem with the termination of an embryo/fetus because it is not a PERSON. Embryos and fetuses are not PEOPLE.
There shouldn't be a debate on abortion since 95% of them occur during the first couple when the embryo, is well, an embryo that doesn't look any different from embryos in other mammals. An embryo doesn't become a fetus until the third-fourth month of pregnancy. The majority of abortions happen during the embryo stage.
If you want abortion (an outcome) to receed, then you have to attack the reasons that lead up to abortion. You can't ban an outcome without attacking the reasons that lead up to it. Abortion can only be receeded by comprehensive sex-ed and widespread contraceptive availability without the biases of pharmacists decisions.
If you are pro-life, then you should be for all walks of life. Pro-lifers fail to see the big picture. While they are worrying about the potential, they ignore the plight of sick and starving children wandering the streets. While you are bitching about over the lives 46 million fetuses having been terminated since 1973. Between 10-30 million children die EACH YEAR from starvation or starvation-related diseases. Add that up from 1973 to today... 330,000,000-990,000,000 children have died since 1973 from starvation. This is by far, MORE staggering than abortion. Yet people, and the loonies in the white house could care less. They just love those embryos and fetuses. Stop bitching about abortion and wake up to what is MORE important.
A lot of people fail to see the BIG PICTURE.
Until the problems of the people that are ALREADY HERE end, then, only then, may we then attack abortion.