Baby Blanket
Published January 27, 2010 | 
Peter Kreeft came up with an intriguing argument with abortion. He brings up the idea of a raincoat in the middle of the road. It looks as though there could be a living person inside. Do you run it over and hope you didn’t take a life? Or do you go around it because it is safer? It is logical to pick the safe route and the Pro-life stance is that route. Yes on Amendment 48.
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“but you have no …
“but you have no business endangering other people’s lives as a result of your opinions.” I agree,that is why I think that(until medical science can rectify the problem) ectopic pregnancy is one of the few essential exceptions to a law banning abortion.
Someone with an …
Someone with an ectopic pregnancy would be precluded from necessary surgery (to prevent death from internal bleeding) until a court determined that the “person” she carried had died of natural causes. Even then, there were potential ramifications to the woman regarding criminal charges due to the untimely death of the embryo. If you disagree with abortions for any reason, don’t have one, but you have no business endangering other people’s lives as a result of your opinions.
“and dangerous” How?
“and dangerous” How?
Amendment 48 was …
Amendment 48 was not about elective abortion. It was about redefining a “person”. It was overreaching, poorly thought out, and dangerous. You lost, get over it.
“A fertilized egg …
“A fertilized egg is 2 cells.” Yes,but most deliberate abortions take place either in the late embryonic stage,or the fetal stage at 8 weeks onwards. Re “Until it can live separately,the life and health of the mother MUST take precedence.” The life and health of the mother should talk precedence but ONLY IF it is seriously threatened by continuing the pregnancy e.g. with ectopic,when BOTH mother AND baby will very likely die..
I agree, this is …
I agree, this is truly brilliant!!
That doesn’t prove …
That doesn’t prove the absence of a human life in the womb. The unborn has its own DNA, which will be with him/her for their entire life. So I believe the unborn is a human person (beating heart) (unique DNA), while you believe he/she is not living because they aren’t breathing on their own. We can’t prove to each other the truth of our own arguments. So again, why risk it?
You miss the whole …
You miss the whole point. The example involving the baby blanket presumes the presence of a baby – a living, breathing entity. A fertilized eg is 2 cells. It has NO chance of survival outside the womb. Until it can live separately, the life and health of the mother MUST take precedence. The survival of the actual must always supercede the survival of the potential!
Terrific!!!
Terrific!!!
Right on bro
Right on bro
BRILLIANT!
BRILLIANT!