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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Johannes Pilch who wrote (78128)	11/16/2000 4:06:57 PM
From: Machaon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

<< The point is, if the baby is doomed (dead or brainless) ... then Partial Birth Abortion is obviously a non-issue. >> I agree. Why cut open a woman's stomach when D&E is a far better and kinder method. So, fine. We both agree that Partial Birth Abortion should be allowed, but limited to necessary medical procedures. I was afraid that conservatives wanted to start limiting many surgical procedures, especially on children. There are many radicals out there that don't believe in Pediatric surgery because it's against god's design. << We cannot calculate the value of human life, even one that exists only for months, >> And, here I thought that humans were thinking and subjective animals. << We can manage pain or at least seek to better manage it without resorting to murder >> I agree with avoiding murder. Instead, we could just put it out of it's misery, and allow the soul to migrate to Heaven. << We cannot know for how long the deformed child will live until it lives and dies. >> Again, I am surprised. I thought that our doctors recieved some sort of medical and professional training. I'll bet that you don't even go to one of America's untrained, stupid physicians. << If one child is projected to live only for three months and another is projected to live a year, should we kill the 3 months child, the 1 year child or both? >> Yes. << I think it is not a decision for anyone to make. >> We all face difficult decisions. But, we aren't robots. Humans are thinking, subjective animals (except for some conservatives I know). << The problem concerns not so much the murdered child’s soul. It concerns ours. >> Excuse me, but that is a little selfish. If I had to make a choice, I would sacrifice my soul, by allowing the baby's soul to go to Heaven before mine. Hmmm!? I didn't mean to be so generous. I'll bet that my statement of selflessness has many conservatives crying at their computer screens!