From here.

@silenceofmind, who wrote:

How do you propose to repair the moral fiber of a people who engage in or allow a genocide of 56,000,000?

I completely agree that late-term abortions are horrific things, and inhuman treatment of baby humans. But I don’t equate this with the mass slaughters carried out by the Nazis or the Soviets or the ( Read more... )

The “Conception post” was a follow-on to answering a series of questions posted at Citizen Tom’s blog. The questioner is a commenter who goes by the moniker “mastersamwise” - and he asked these questions:( Read the rest of this entry » )

I have some thoughts on “life begins at conception” definition:( Read the rest of this entry » )

The estimable and devout Catholic Biltrix has a post up discussing abortion. It’s worth a look.  I replied there:

As a lifelong non-theist, I don’t have the “moment of conception” notion with regard to the beginning of life. For me, life is continuous for the past roughly 4 billion years, and that moment business is complicated because it can be ( Read more... )

The Grand Jury in Philadelphia has returned an indictment (PDF) against abortion provider Dr. Kermit Gosnell. It is being transcribed into an online wiki, accessible here. Some excerpts:A child of the neighborhood, Gosnell spent almost four decades running this clinic, giving back - so it appeared - to the community in which he continued to live ( Read more... )

I just found a discussion that includes the file I used. It is an Illinois conservative group, with quotes from Senator Obama from other sources such as interviews on the topic.

I was also looking at this page earlier; it is a Zogby press release of a recap of American opinions on abortion in 2006. ( The numbers are interesting: )

Otto von Bismark, chancellor (and essentially builder) of Germany in the nineteenth century, is reputed to have said: “There are two things you don’t want to see being made-sausage and legislation.”
I know what he meant ( Read more... )

I drew this up in a graph, originally, then decided that it was simple enough to do in text.

On one end of a scale on the pro-choice/pro-life question would be the position "Life begins at conception." This is the position occupied by the following Presidential political candidates:
Joe Biden, John McCain, Sarah Palin.

( You know who's at the other end. )

First of all, I must say that I am pleased and impressed with the handling of even this contentious and emotional topic. Bravo!

One more story, as I try to bridge the gap between theory and practice:

The year is 2010. ( by the way, who won? )

This document makes the case for treating human life as beginning at the moment of fertilization.It's reasonably well-written, and I find points of agreement with it -- including that the Roe v. Wade case was incompetently argued ( Read more... )