[Vision2020] Compassion for All Life

[Tom Hansen]

Two things that legalizing abortions (prior to the third trimester)
accomplishes:

 

1)  Reduces mandated influence of the government over women's personal
lives.

 

2)  Provides availability of sterilized environments and trained/qualified
physicians for such an operation.

 

To believe that abortions will not occur if they are not legal is absolutely
ludicrous.  To believe that the number of abortions has increased since Roe
v. Wade is just as ignorant.  Perhaps the number of REPORTED abortions has
increased, possibly due to a drastic reduction in abortions being performed
in back alleys with coat hangers.

 

Seeya round town, Moscow.

 

Tom "I'm Pro-Choice and I Vote" Hansen

Moscow, Idaho

 

"Don't pray in my school and I won't think in your church."

 

- Author Unknown

 

  _____  

From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
On Behalf Of Scott Dredge
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 10:03 PM
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Compassion for All Life

 

Tony,

You can oppose abortion all you want.  The fact is that whether or not
abortion remains legalized or whether it is completely banned will not
directily impact you.  You personally gain no rights nor lose any rights as
abortion restrictions ebb and flow.

But would your position on "compassion for all life" change at all if you
were affected?  For instance, let's say that I need half of your liver to
survive because for [insert any reason] my own liver is failing.  Let's say
that an operation to split your liver carries no more risk of death to you
than that of a woman in child birth.  Let's also say that the recovery time
from this operation is no more burdensome than what women typically go
through from late term pregnancies through child birth.  Your liver will
regenerate back to full size 6 months after the operation.  The question
then I have for you is this: should you be allowed to make the choice of
whether or not to donate half of your liver to save my life or should the
government be allowed to strap you to a gurney against your will and take
half of your liver to save me in the name of "compassion for all life"?

Looking forward to your bobbing and weaving response - if you have any
response at all.

-Scott

 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/attachments/20070127/a08185ce/attachment.html