Comments on: In the Womb

By: La Shawn

La Shawn — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 18:52:15 +0000

Why do you assume that nobody’s read Roe v. Wade? Because we disagree with you?

Never mind.

By: Valerie

Valerie — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 18:49:44 +0000

Well, I’ve read the responsive comments. Too bad nobody bothered to read Roe v. Wade. The arguments in these posts existed before the opinon was issued. In fact, some of them had, in earlier cases, been used to keep the cases from going to the Supreme Court.

By: Myopic Zeal

Myopic Zeal — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 19:10:39 +0000

In the Womb.
If you haven’t seen it yet, check out the preview of National Geographic’s In The Womb.

National Geographic image of a seven month old baby in the womb.

Via LaShawn
…

By: Rose

Rose — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 23:56:31 +0000

The picture is a great one, LaShawn!

By: shari

shari — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 08:33:29 +0000

what i dont understand about the “pro murderers” is this non existent right to privacy in teh constitution. and they always say “conservatives used to not want to legislate what goes on in teh bedroom” this is utter nonsense. we have all kinds of laws about what you can and cant do in your own house and BEDROOM we have laws against polygamy, rape, sex with a child, ect. I get sick of these people. what possible reason would there be to kill a poor innocent child. waht i dont get is if a woman “wants” the baby then its a baby if she doesnt want him its a “choice” sickening and all the media is complicit. when that womans that was murdered baby was taken out of her teh media kept calling it fetus and when one of the juros from scott peterson gave an interview she said she didnt understand it because Connor was his baby and he was supposed to protect him, then the reporter said “the juror didnt understand how he could do that to his fetus” they cant deny it now and they look down right stupid calling a baby a fetus. my husbands best friend was born at twenty weeks and his is healthy now. there are babies at that age being murdered, it breaks my heart to think about it. i get sick of that talk about choice what about the choice not to lay up and be responsible for the consequences. when i went off to college i came back home five months pregnant, I was aksed by a peer adn teh childs father if i would abort it and i was so shocked that someone would actually kill a baby. My first instinct as a woman was to got to the doctor and get ready to be a mother. I made the CHOICE to lay up instead of study.
poor innocent babies. everyone pray that the hearts of these people will soften to the pain these babies feel.
(hey was the mike adams from townhall i read his stuff all the time, hes so funny im going to buy his book)

By: Chris Roberts

Chris Roberts — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 05:36:06 +0000

Renee-
I agree with you with regards to responsibility being left out of the equation. It is systemic of a larger crisis, which is the greater abdication of personal responsibilities by many individuals in this country. It is currently being legislated or handed down by judicial fiat at tremendous consequences to our nation. As long as the government sees its responsibility as to ensure a safety net for all Americans in all circumstances, we will continue to face a multitude of poor choices which are rewarded by a government subsidy or by the ability to abort a human life form.

By: The Blue State Conservatives

The Blue State Conservatives — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 05:10:07 +0000

Celebrating Life
When does life begin? LaShawn reminds us of a National Geographic special called “In the Womb” that will take us through a childs growth stages till it’s birth. I saw a TV ad on this a few days ago and…

By: jmflynny

jmflynny — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 03:59:47 +0000

I’m watchng the replay now.

Positively amazing.

By: Rafael Daniel

Rafael Daniel — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 01:04:51 +0000

since Roe v. Wade, abortion has been the leading cause of death in Black America…OUCH…not being a physician I can’t honestly say how often it is medically necessary to terminate a pregnancy, but I wish it NEVER had to be…elective abortion is MURDER, plain and simple…i actually know 2 women who suffered RAPE and still CARRIED THE BABIES TO TERM…one gave the child up for adoption, the other kept the child, at the cost of her marriage…but both of those women showed a strength that I don’t know if men have…a woman may have a legal right to choose, and while that choice is between her and God (whether she believes in Him or not), and I SURELY am not trying to regulate anyone’s uterus, my personal desire would be for elective abortions to disappear…

By: tahoejoe

tahoejoe — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 00:43:25 +0000

Valerie..

I strongly suggest you read the following:
The Constitution
Bill of Rights..then
Bio: John Adams ..McCullough
Bio: James Madison….Ketchum
Bio: T. Jefferson..Bernstein
Wall of Seperation.. Dreisbach
Bio: Ben Franklin… Isaacson

Now when your done..read what even pro-choice scholars call a poor written and poorly justified piece of legislation.. Roe v. Wade wherein their underlying premise for the invalidity of abortion laws was were their “newness”..stop and think about the stupidity..and yes it is plainly there for the layman…….

Now when you are finished Roe v. Wade I then suggest you reread..The Constitution, the Bill of Rights and Driesbach’s “Wall fo Seperation”

By then you will have learned s tremendous amount much of which will blow your “secular wall of seperation myth, it’s my uterus, it’s only religion dogma right out the window…”..that is if you have an open mind.

After I read all that I listed I came to realize prolife has NOTHING to do with religion because I’m not religous, abortion is merely reprehensible , we aren’t a theocracy nor completely secular(see Franklin)and after 20 years as a democrat re registered as a republican..

TahoeJoe

By: Renee

Renee — Sun, 06 Mar 2005 22:59:17 +0000

Robert and Ashtony,
Very thoughtful comments. The responsibility part (regardless of if you take a religious stance or not) seems to always be conveniently left out of the equation. So much so, that many I feel really don’t know what that term “responsibility” (and choice) really means. When I hear “unwanted” and “unplanned” preganancy thrown around I just cringe. There is no man-made birth control that can promise 100% effectiveness in stopping conception (men who have had vasectomies have created children and women who have had tubal ligation have gotten pregnant), so in making that decision to have sex, making that choice there is always the possibility that a life will be created. To think otherwise is plain ignorant.

Normally this is countered with the rape and incest argument (which account for less than 2% of all abortions… which are in the millions). Rape and incest are criminal acts and yes, they are pretty detrimental for the woman who must face them however does aborting the child STOP the criminal behavior or change the mindset or the heart of either (the victim or the criminal)? No, it does not.

Either way, in watching the preview, it is about the BEAUTY of the created life (regardless of how the circumstances that made it possible…i.e. rape).

By: La Shawn

La Shawn — Sun, 06 Mar 2005 22:53:25 +0000

Bravo, Ashtony. And to all the pro-lifers!

By: Ashtony Sanders

Ashtony Sanders — Sun, 06 Mar 2005 22:45:06 +0000

Valerie,

As much as I understand your position (I was in your position not so long ago), I feel as though you don’t understand a few things.

I, personally, don’t see abortion as a soley religious issue–I think it is based on reason that a person can conclude a fetus is alive and has rights. The mere possibility that the fetus is alive should keep people wary. But as the fetus is, I believe, a living thing, the woman’s rights end.

Where my rights begin, yours end. A woman has, essentially, no more of a right to have an abortion than you have to kill an annoying neighbor. This argument isn’t to deny women have rights to make choices–all it says is that the child has a right not to be destroyed.

The government cannot force women to have sex… I strongly feel that the abortion issue is as much a responsibility issue as it is a life issue. And so, to argue that the government will extend the power into forcing women to have children is absurd. Abortion is about saving the life that already exists and should be protected, not ‘controlling’ the women’s bodies.

By: The Other Point Of View

The Other Point Of View — Sun, 06 Mar 2005 22:32:00 +0000

Life In The Womb
Thanks to La Shawn Barber for spreading the word about National Geographic’s Presentaion of “In The Womb”.

Check Out the preview.

By: Renee

Renee — Sun, 06 Mar 2005 22:15:28 +0000

Valerie,
Shouldn’t a woman think about that PRIOR to having sex? Last time I took a basic biology class that is what cause preganancy. Oh wait, I forgot, they don’t teach that in school anymore. The time to worry about can you support a child is BEFORE the sex act, not after.

(Waiting for the typical what about rape and incest response that those who support abortion always come up with).