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Love: Reading, politics, music, new crayons. Christian since January 2000. Following conservative thought since I became aware of the pro-life movement. Homeschool supporter.

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Olive

Sorry, double post. 

Edited on May 28, 2013 at 10:23pm
Olive
Grimaud: Olive. My other concerns are the mental health of the rape/incest survivor. Is it worse/better after abortion? 

From everything I have read, abortion is a traumatic and dangerous experience. Even a rape victim feels she has been violated twice. And she feels as if she has committed a crime worse than that which was done to her.  

Olive

Mollie Hemingway, Ed.: 

I could be wrong but I think that people who argue in favor of abortion don't deny the science so much as talk about personhood -- so they  might even use language like "It can become a human person." 

What else is it going to become? A parrot? A spider?

h/t Mark Crutcher

Olive
Grimaud:  To carry a pregnancy to term when conceived in a violent or dubious way may be the least psychologically and physically harmful route.  I do not presume to know. That study should be done about "Mental health in postpartum vs abortive mothers who were rape and incest victims". 

Thank you for your honesty Grimaud. Information is available regarding post-abortive stress disorder here. Post-abortive women, regardless of the manner of conception, experience depression and anxiety with manifestations ranging from promiscuity and substance abuse to suicide. 

Olive

Western Chauvinist

To me, the aborting of a child conceived in rape or incest is an attempt to right a wrong with an even more grievous evil. It's a false promise to the woman that the abortion will ease her suffering. It won't.

True. It makes it worse. And less than 1% of all abortions are carried out as a result of rape, less than .5% because of incest. 

Olive
speakupman: Even if one takes a sceptical position when it comes to when life begins, it seems bizarre to conclude that abortion is morally permissible. It is akin to the hunter who sees something moving in the trees and, not sure whether it is a human or a deer, shoots! So the onus is on the pro-choicer to show that the fetus in the womb is not a human being. · 4 hours ago

Yes. It is like a man about to demolish a building, but he is unsure if a person might be inside. "Well, I'm not sure, but I will just go ahead and  detonate the bomb."

Olive

Knock knock. 
Who's there?
Amish. 
Amish who?
Really? You don't look like a shoe. 

Olive

We had a set of 1950s World Books in my home too! I loved the sections on Hair (relative strengths, colors, etc.) and of course, Animals. 

Olive

Amy Schley

Yeah, I may have taken a federal income tax class in law school, but I wrote zombie fiction during class and only got a B because it was a open book multiple choice test. · May 16, 2013 at 11:33pm

Schley, where's that zombie fiction? Do we get to read it?

Olive

Have often thought churches should forfeit the tax-exempt thing in order to gain their freedom of speech.

Olive

More photos, please. Even though it's horrible, sometimes people need to see these images to understand what abortion is. 

Olive
Herbert Woodbery: Since the mass of cells are part and parcel of the woman's body, is there any other way to handle it? · 1 hour ago

The mass is not part and parcel of the woman's body. The mass is a completely separate person, with its own DNA and fingerprints. It is housed inside a woman's body. 

The heart starts beating at 21 days gestation. 

Olive

Have a feeling if it happens it may have to do with sex scandals. 

Olive

 @ Chris Campion: Someone pays for everything, everywhere, at all times - it's just a question of who, how, and why.

Well said. 

Olive

Thanks for the roundup, Richard. 

Olive
Severely Ltd.: The desire of the mother works the magic. I wonder if she later decides she doesn't want it, if it becomes unhuman again? How much later would this still be in effect? It's all very confusing. · 5 hours ago

Well said. 

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