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Posted: Oct 10, 2008 - 4:58pm
joan_c wrote: Don't forget morula and blastocyst. Use whatever term you want, you're still talking about an unborn child. Actually it is an unborn fetus. Whether or not it is a child is a matter of theological and scientific debate.

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Posted: Oct 10, 2008 - 4:56pm
islander wrote: Actually Science has a host of terms - zygote, embryo, fetus, that they use to refer to the unborn. Don't forget morula and blastocyst. Use whatever term you want, you're still talking about an unborn child.

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Posted: Oct 10, 2008 - 4:54pm
joan_c wrote: There is nothing light-hearted about deliberately ending a human life. You must not have received the memo that it is my job to piss everyone off. Ask around a bit and you'll learn to shuuuuuun me!

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Posted: Oct 10, 2008 - 4:53pm

joan_c wrote:

I think we have plenty of scientific proof that an unborn child is exactly that: an unborn child. And what safer place should there be for an unborn child than in his/her mother's womb? I had an ethics teacher at a public college agree with me once that yes indeed, abortion is killing a human being. And when a human being is deliberately killed, isn't that murder? I think so. {#Yes}

I know that an unplanned pregnancy can be very difficult, especially for the pregnant woman/girl, but it's like my dad used to say to me, "What did that baby do to deserve to die?"

Choose Life - Your Mother Did

Actually Science has a host of terms - zygote, embryo, fetus, that they use to refer to the unborn.

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Posted: Oct 10, 2008 - 4:51pm
MonkeyPod wrote: Oh, that's pretty serious. I thought this was a light-hearted topic full of jokes and sarcasm. There is nothing light-hearted about deliberately ending a human life.

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Posted: Oct 10, 2008 - 4:49pm
islander wrote: Well said. Can we assume that the Abortion=Murder crowd are equally as vehement in their opposition to the death penalty? Wonder where they start drawing the line? Are they vegetarians? Do they take antibiotics? I, for one, am pro-life. I think that all human life is precious and should be protected from conception to natural death.

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Posted: Oct 10, 2008 - 4:45pm

owld_skipper wrote:

Abortion is a medical procedure that terminates a pregnancy.

Whether or not it is murder is a matter of theological and scientific debate.

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Posted: Oct 10, 2008 - 4:43pm
owld_skipper wrote: Abortion is a medical procedure that terminates a pregnancy. Whether or not it is murder is a matter of theological and scientific debate. Well said. Can we assume that the Abortion=Murder crowd are equally as vehement in their opposition to the death penalty? Wonder where they start drawing the line? Are they vegetarians? Do they take antibiotics?

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Posted: Oct 10, 2008 - 4:41pm
musik_knut wrote: Why would you say that? I was applauding joan-c's cut to the chase. ABORTION IS MURDER. 30+ MILLION ABORTONS SINCE ROE IS NOT TO BE APPLAUDED, IT IS TO BE MOURNED. Oh, that's pretty serious. I thought this was a light-hearted topic full of jokes and sarcasm.

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Posted: Oct 10, 2008 - 4:38pm
joan_c wrote: Abortion = Murder Pure and simple. Abortion is a medical procedure that terminates a pregnancy. Whether or not it is murder is a matter of theological and scientific debate.

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Posted: Oct 10, 2008 - 4:38pm
MonkeyPod wrote: You really must like murder! Why would you say that? I was applauding joan-c's cut to the chase. ABORTION IS MURDER. 30+ MILLION ABORTONS SINCE ROE IS NOT TO BE APPLAUDED, IT IS TO BE MOURNED.

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Posted: Oct 10, 2008 - 4:34pm
musik_knut wrote: You really must like murder!

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Posted: Oct 10, 2008 - 4:27pm
joan_c wrote: Abortion = Murder Pure and simple.

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Posted: Oct 10, 2008 - 4:18pm
Abortion = Murder Pure and simple.

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Posted: Oct 10, 2008 - 4:05pm

phineas wrote in the Canada thread:

Morgentaler gets Order of Canada

Canadian Press

October 10, 2008 at 12:20 PM EDT

QUEBEC — Abortion rights activist Henry Morgentaler was awarded the Order of Canada on Friday as a few protesters voiced their opposition outside the Citadel in Quebec City.

Dr. Morgentaler was one of about 20 recipients who received the award Friday at a ceremony presided over by Governor-General Michaelle Jean.

Dr. Morgentaler, 85 is best known for taking his fight to have the country's (anti-)abortion laws struck down in the Supreme Court about 20 years ago.

His naming to the Order of Canada sparked protests from across the country with some members returning their orders and abortion opponents saying the award devalues the honour.

“I'm honoured to receive the Order of Canada today,” Dr. Morgentaler said, reading from a statement following the ceremony.

“Canada's one of the few places in the world where freedom of speech and choice prevail in a truly democratic fashion.”

The Order of Canada is the country's highest civilian honour for recognizing a lifetime of outstanding achievement and dedication to the community.

“I'm proud to have been given this opportunity coming from a war-torn Europe to realize my potential and my dream — that is to create a better and more humane society,” said Dr. Morgentaler, a Holocaust survivor.

Others who received the award Friday included Louise Arbour, former justice of the Supreme Court of Canada; Larry Tanenbaum, chairman of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment; and prominent Montreal fashion designer Simon Chang.

Interesting folk, eh?, these Canadians.

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