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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (24277)8/21/2012 12:30:47 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie2 Recommendations  Read Replies (4) of 85487
 
There is a difference between forcible rape and statutory rape. And the redefinition that was in that bill had nothing to do with the punishment of criminals, it had to do with federal funding of abortion.

And there is the crux of the problem. Nobody is even trying to stop abortion, they are trying to stop the use of federal funds for abortion. And the reason they are trying to do this is that there are many people who believe that individual life occurs at conception and that killing a fetus is murder.

If liberal women want other people to keep their policies off of their bodies, then they should stop asking everyone to pay for their private and intimate medical procedures. Liberals are making women's bodies the business of the religious right by forcing them (the religious right) to pay for contraception and abortion.

This is one of those things where the federal government should have zero involvement. There should be zero federally funded abortions. That's not the charter of the federal government. If you want free contraceptives and abortions, have George Soros and Bill Gates pay for them. Don't force people to pay for abortion when they consider it to be a mortal sin.

I am not anti-abortion. But I also understand that the definition of when an individual human life begins is a gray area scientifically. I also understand that there are many people who have a definition from their faith that makes abortion a mortal sin and equal to murder. It is not ethical to force those people to participate in the activity. Can't you see that?

But then again, you pointed out that Akin's views are the mainstream. In fact, that was what I was saying with the hollywood views of Roman Polanski. Whoopi Goldberg said that Roman Polanski wasn't guilty of "rape-rape" (legitimate rape?). I guess by her definition, the qualudes and alcohol that Polanski gave to the 13 year old girl are equal to agreement to whatever sexual act he wanted to do.

BTW: the article that you referenced only shows that Paul Ryan agrees with Todd Akin in that there is a difference between forcible rape and statutory rape. Of course, this should be obvious in that there are two distinct definitions. I didn't see anything in the article posted or the links that suggested that Paul Ryan agreed that pregnancy couldn't occur in forcible rape.
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