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j8ear · 09-15-2005, 04:20 PM

With my daugher born at 25 weeks of gestation, and now 17 months old, I can assure you she was a human being at the time, even though she was unable to think, or even breathe on her own.

According to Carl Sagan, this is false and beyond the bounds of reasonable science. You seem to agree.

It's interesting that approximately ONE HUNDRED BILLION nuerons linking up...ON A LARGE SCALE (what ever that means) is the criteria for becoming human, assuming that you accept the emotional reasoning used to arrive at that criteria.

I suppose that unless you stare death in the face, and see life for what it is, in all of it wonderful potential, those who favor abortion will find two things:

1. A more pleasant way to decribe the killing of your unborn child.
2. Some semblance of scientific data, including quantities like "large scale," which allows one to justify the fact that you are killing your unborn baby.

Still, to the topic at hand, I believe that ROE v Wade will not be overturned, but instead, restrictions will be inacted, which the court, eventually, will deem not in conflict with the principles outlined in this decision.

-bear

09-15-2005, 04:20 PM	#30 (permalink)
j8ear Gentlemen Farmer Location: Middle of nowhere, Jersey	With my daugher born at 25 weeks of gestation, and now 17 months old, I can assure you she was a human being at the time, even though she was unable to think, or even breathe on her own. According to Carl Sagan, this is false and beyond the bounds of reasonable science. You seem to agree. It's interesting that approximately ONE HUNDRED BILLION nuerons linking up...ON A LARGE SCALE (what ever that means) is the criteria for becoming human, assuming that you accept the emotional reasoning used to arrive at that criteria. I suppose that unless you stare death in the face, and see life for what it is, in all of it wonderful potential, those who favor abortion will find two things: 1. A more pleasant way to decribe the killing of your unborn child. 2. Some semblance of scientific data, including quantities like "large scale," which allows one to justify the fact that you are killing your unborn baby. Still, to the topic at hand, I believe that ROE v Wade will not be overturned, but instead, restrictions will be inacted, which the court, eventually, will deem not in conflict with the principles outlined in this decision. -bear __________________ It's alot easier to ask for forgiveness then it is to ask for permission.