oooooooh 6th grade burn.

“s’a matter tommy? no “witty” comebacks?”

No darling, I was at a social event but now worries, I’m back now.

“i was talking about a sickness that has a 100% mortality rate and for which there is no treatment.”

Life has a 100% mortality rate.

“READ THE DAMN POST. I DID NOT
NOR WILL I EVER support abortion for a mental or physical handicap.”

I did hun, and I don’t see why the logic there wouldn’t extend to, say, Down syndrome.

“children born WITH tasacs don’t live long enough to form an opinion on the subject”

And if they lived long enough for a cure?

Look buddy, clearly you’ve been around a person and a family that has suffered tremendously and I’m not trying to belittle that. It is possible that there is a line of reasoning that warrants a child be killed rather than live this life and does not condone the killing other affected children but I haven’t found it yet. I don’t yet see a system of thinking that effectively articulates a reason that a child with Tay-Sachs should not live and a child with any other malformation should.

Whoa there buddy – we’re not nuts and have you never met a pro-life atheist?

“Everyone likes to imagine this adorable wonderful child growing up and being the next president of the United States or perhaps Bill Gates.”

No we don’t, we just like to imagine people. No better or worse than other folks but certainly no less deserving of life.

“And outside of the tiny fraction of abortions performed on women who were the victims of rape or incest, or women who would die without the procedure, the “innocent life” at stake is that of the baby.”

Even then, it isn’t be baby’s fault

“I say that because of point number 2. i recently met someone who’s former room mate has had 2 abortions. there was no reason other than that she was pretty much using it as contraception. She is apparently pregnant for a third time and seems to be considering having another abortion. She is basically careless, doesn’t even attempt birth control, other than the procedures, and it doesn’t seem to bother her that much.

I don’t know the answer, but i know that abortion as birth control bothers me a great deal.”

This is very important. Ask yourself; “Why does this bother me?”. If a fetus truly is nothing other than a bundle of cells it really shouldn’t bother you if a women uses abortion as contraception or to just to win a bar bet.

“The only “good side” is, you can catch it pretty early on in the pregnancy and really the compassionate thing to do is abort.”

I know plenty of handicapped people who would disagree.

The religious right would have us get the “rare” element by encouraging abstinence, whereas the more reasonable among us would like to try a wide spectrum of strategies (condoms, birth control pills, subdermal birth control, etc). Unfortunately, we seem to get bogged down by absolutists.

And today: 19 die in Pakistan academy seige: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/30/pakistan-security-forces-retake-academy/

Interesting, with just an anecnotal scan of headlines, looks like abortion providers are breaking the law more than pro-lifers:
“Two More Planned Parenthoods Caught on Tape In Alleged Statutory Rape Cover-Up “: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,509736,00.html
“Clinic Owner Accused of Botching Abortion, Throwing Away Live Baby”: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,505134,00.html