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religions define death
God ''formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life'' As this Christian biblical basis goes - why then is it not after a fetus is born? Only as a newborn does God breath into the nostrils. The argument or concept of life beginning ''at conception'' does not seem to be in alignment with the teachings of ...
Posted to Explainer by shadow32 on November 14, 2008
baby factories
The whole abortion question comes down to this: is a woman an individual human being with the rights of an individual, or is she a vital natural resource that must be regulated by the state? Life is based on potentials, a fetus is a potential baby, a baby is a potential person, a person is a potential eternal spirit. These are defined by choices. ...
Posted to Culturebox by Telemachus on June 8, 2007
The forgotten third option
What frustrates me most is that for all the talk of the choice between keeping the baby or having an abortion, there seems to be zero discussion of a perfectly reasonable third option: putting the baby up for adoption. This drives me batty, though if it wasn't for the fact that I adopted my daughter, I probably wouldn't even notice the omission.
Posted to Culturebox by dwhite10701 on June 8, 2007