motherdear
Member
+25|7071|Denmark/Minnesota (depends)
i'm actually split on this issue even how absurd it may sound. I do not agree with having an abortion later on the in pregnancy if the baby would be able to survive. but in some cases like severe retardation and other sicknesses that would make the kid's life miserable and the mom's life miserable too, I support the abortions.

and i can not answer when a baby becomes a human but if it can survive when it's born it should be given a chance unless it's handicapped (sorry i just can't believe that they will have a good life, especially not if they were unwanted and therefore aborted)
ghettoperson
Member
+1,943|7069

Barack Obama also supports rape. And Satan!
Schwarzelungen
drunklenglungen
+133|6716|Bloomington Indiana

motherdear wrote:

i'm actually split on this issue even how absurd it may sound. I do not agree with having an abortion later on the in pregnancy if the baby would be able to survive. but in some cases like severe retardation and other sicknesses that would make the kid's life miserable and the mom's life miserable too, I support the abortions.

and i can not answer when a baby becomes a human but if it can survive when it's born it should be given a chance unless it's handicapped (sorry i just can't believe that they will have a good life, especially not if they were unwanted and therefore aborted)
so...kill babies who are handicapped....

good call......

im glad my aunt didnt think like you when she was delivering my handicapped cousin
FEOS
Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate
+1,182|6830|'Murka

Braddock wrote:

Giving the child up for adoption is just as tough on the mother because they have to live out their life in the knowledge that there is a child walking the earth possibly full of bitterness at the fact that its father is a rapist and its mother didn't want him/her.
What makes you think the child would even know the situation surrounding their conception? If the child doesn't know who their biological mother or father is, how can they be bitter about a situation of which they have no knowledge?

There are tons of families out there who can't have children of their own. You're all for the state paying for people's mistakes...why not have the state fund adoption programs to give options to women with unwanted pregnancies (regardless of reason)? Why punish the child (particularly in the case described in the OP) for the crime of the father? Why kill a living, viable baby that has been born because mom and dad didn't want it?

Again, the scenario described in the OP isn't an abortion discussion...it's a living baby that has been born and then left in a refuse pile to die. That is completely indefensible.
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein

Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
FEOS
Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate
+1,182|6830|'Murka

Schwarzelungen wrote:

motherdear wrote:

i'm actually split on this issue even how absurd it may sound. I do not agree with having an abortion later on the in pregnancy if the baby would be able to survive. but in some cases like severe retardation and other sicknesses that would make the kid's life miserable and the mom's life miserable too, I support the abortions.

and i can not answer when a baby becomes a human but if it can survive when it's born it should be given a chance unless it's handicapped (sorry i just can't believe that they will have a good life, especially not if they were unwanted and therefore aborted)
so...kill babies who are handicapped....

good call......

im glad my aunt didnt think like you when she was delivering my handicapped cousin
Nor would my son have survived. And we and everyone who knows him wouldn't have been blessed by knowing him, inspired by his strength and courage every single day. You people who say the handicapped should just be aborted or done away with likely haven't dealt with any handicapped people--really, truly dealt with them--or else you wouldn't be spouting off that nonsense.

I'll chalk it up to ignorance rather than bigotry.
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein

Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
LividBovine
The Year of the Cow!
+175|6799|MN

Braddock wrote:

If so, this is a horribly complex minefield of a topic. What does one propose should be done with these survivor babies? Should a rape victim be forced to raise the child with the prospect of maybe one day not only having to tell the child that he/she is the product of a rape but is also the survivor of a failed abortion?
Uhhmmmmm...adoption!

Braddock wrote:

Or should a rape victim give up said child for adoption and live out her life knowing that her child may be wandering the earth full of bitterness that his/her father was a rapist and that his/her mother never wanted them?
Yeah great idea, the mother would have no problem thinking about how they had their child killed so they wouldn't have to think about that child being raised by a family that will love them like their own and give them the best chance at happiness. 

A dead child is never a better option than adoption!

Last edited by LividBovine (2008-09-12 00:25:36)

"The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation" - Barack Obama (a freshman senator from Illinios)
DeathBecomesYu
Member
+171|6599
People here are getting a little off topic. The OP is talking about abortion of a baby that is born and then left to die. Some of you are missing this. I do believe abortion should be an option in case of rape or incest (as early as possible) or if there is a significant chance that the mother or child is at risk of death. Other than that, no way, especially, if you choose to carry the baby full term then you should deal with the outcome of that choice.

I have several friends (couples) who are waiting for adoption, up to a two year waiting list, because they cant have children on their own. I also know a couple who knew their child would have major medical problems if born and still gave birth to that child and today that child is healthy even though the child went through some major surgeries and the results of recovering from that part of the child's life. There are better options that just letting a baby struggle and die in a trash.

My first serious relationship with a woman was with a woman who was raped by her own father. She became pregnant at 12 and gave birth to her own "sister" at the age of 13. Did she get an abortion, no, did she do the right thing...in her opinion she did. The baby was given up for adoption after birth and is out there living her life without the knowledge of how she came about. There are always better options than death or giving up. This woman could have caved in, be depressed or whatever but she did what she felt she had to and is a better human for doing so.

I have a daughter and I could not even imagine something like the OP is talking about. Many of you here probably havent experienced your child moving in your wife's womb, or seen the pictures of your child sucking her thumb in ultra sound pictures or seen your child come into the world and if you think that setting a baby aside to die is okay....then you are fucked in the head.....PERIOD!!!
Stingray24
Proud member of the vast right-wing conspiracy
+1,060|6865|The Land of Scott Walker

DeathBecomesYu wrote:

Many of you here probably havent experienced your child moving in your wife's womb, or seen the pictures of your child sucking her thumb in ultra sound pictures or seen your child come into the world and if you think that setting a baby aside to die is okay....then you are fucked in the head.....PERIOD!!!
+1 Fatherhood is amazing
Poseidon
Fudgepack DeQueef
+3,253|6957|Long Island, New York

Poseidon wrote:

The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama wrote:

[An abortion protester at a campaign event] handed me a pamphlet. "Mr. Obama, I know you're a Christian, with a family of your own. So how can you support murdering babies?"
I told him I understood his position but had to disagree with it. I explained my belief that few women made the decision to terminate a pregnancy casually; that any pregnant woman felt the full force of the moral issues involved when making that decision; that I feared a ban on abortion would force women to seek unsafe abortions, as they had once done in this country. I suggested that perhaps we could agree on ways to reduce the number of women who felt the need to have abortions in the first place.

"I will pray for you," the protester said. "I pray that you have a change of heart." Neither my mind nor my heart changed that day, nor did they in the days to come. But that night, before I went to bed, I said a prayer of my own-that I might extend the same presumption of good faith to others that had been extended to me.
Source: The Audacity of Hope, by Barack Obama, p.197-8 Oct 1, 2006

What a HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE HUMAN BEING!

And for the record, I only support abortion when it comes to rape and incest (or cases where the mother's life is at stake). However, you (and Stingray, unfortunately...guess he's fallen into the trap too) actually believing that crap which actually tries to paint him like some sort of bloodthirsty baby killer is beyond, and I mean BEYOND pathetic.

The fact that you now have that in your sig disturbs me, Stingray. You're too smart of a person and too old to believe something SCHITTLOAF posted.
Guess you just skipped over this^, eh Stingray?
jord
Member
+2,382|7097|The North, beyond the wall.
Couldn't they just give the babies a lethal injection if they're gonna live for 8 hours..?
jord
Member
+2,382|7097|The North, beyond the wall.
Or would that be common sense prevailing?
jord
Member
+2,382|7097|The North, beyond the wall.

FEOS wrote:

Braddock wrote:

Giving the child up for adoption is just as tough on the mother because they have to live out their life in the knowledge that there is a child walking the earth possibly full of bitterness at the fact that its father is a rapist and its mother didn't want him/her.
What makes you think the child would even know the situation surrounding their conception? If the child doesn't know who their biological mother or father is, how can they be bitter about a situation of which they have no knowledge?

There are tons of families out there who can't have children of their own. You're all for the state paying for people's mistakes...why not have the state fund adoption programs to give options to women with unwanted pregnancies (regardless of reason)? Why punish the child (particularly in the case described in the OP) for the crime of the father? Why kill a living, viable baby that has been born because mom and dad didn't want it?

Again, the scenario described in the OP isn't an abortion discussion...it's a living baby that has been born and then left in a refuse pile to die. That is completely indefensible.
I think it's the law you have to tell them. Plus when asked to present Birth certificates etc they'll probably catch on. People shouldn't withhold children's real parents information.
Stingray24
Proud member of the vast right-wing conspiracy
+1,060|6865|The Land of Scott Walker

Poseidon wrote:

Guess you just skipped over this^, eh Stingray?
No need to re-post.  Obama's voting record on this issue speaks for itself.  The quote from his book changes nothing about how he voted.
War Man
Australians are hermaphrodites.
+564|7133|Purplicious Wisconsin
Obama doesn't care about life so don't be surprised.
The irony of guns, is that they can save lives.
Poseidon
Fudgepack DeQueef
+3,253|6957|Long Island, New York

Stingray24 wrote:

Poseidon wrote:

Guess you just skipped over this^, eh Stingray?
No need to re-post.  Obama's voting record on this issue speaks for itself.  The quote from his book changes nothing about how he voted.
It actually does. You've just twisted his voting record into something completely different.

I believe Ken mentioned how you did so.

Seriously, believing something Schittloaf posted...tsk-tsk. This is a guy who's a known racist and is homophobic to boot. His opinions are worth as much as rammunition's.
Stingray24
Proud member of the vast right-wing conspiracy
+1,060|6865|The Land of Scott Walker
In case you didn't notice, I posted an article which details Obama's voting (and lack of voting) on these bills.  The Senate voted 98-0 to support the bill.  When the identical language was added to the Illinois bill, Obama blocked it from a vote.  If you think that's twisting, oh well.  It's called public record.

Last edited by Stingray24 (2008-09-12 17:25:29)

Poseidon
Fudgepack DeQueef
+3,253|6957|Long Island, New York
I'm presuming you didn't even read what Ken posted. Oh well.

As I said, this is as bad as someone like Spearhead supporting something Rammunition says.
Stingray24
Proud member of the vast right-wing conspiracy
+1,060|6865|The Land of Scott Walker
You presume wrong.  Keep ignoring the votes if you want.  That's what I'm basing my opinion on.  No matter who says what, the votes can't be changed.  If Obama says he would have voted for a bill that contained the Federal bill language, he shouldn't have blocked the Illinois bill which had the word for word verbage protecting Roe vs. Wade.
Poseidon
Fudgepack DeQueef
+3,253|6957|Long Island, New York

Stingray24 wrote:

You presume wrong.  Keep ignoring the votes if you want.  That's what I'm basing my opinion on.  No matter who says what, the votes can't be changed.  If Obama says he would have voted for a bill that contained the Federal bill language, he shouldn't have blocked the Illinois bill which had the word for word verbage protecting Roe vs. Wade.
I'll let you take it up with KJ. He's pretty much spot on and I really don't need to add much on further to what he said.

I love distorting facts too...oh wait, I don't work at MSNBC or Fox News..

Last edited by Poseidon (2008-09-12 17:35:58)

Lotta_Drool
Spit
+350|6603|Ireland
What do you expect from O'bama, he is a Muslim.  Just be glad he doesn't car bomb your fetus.

I'm John McCain and I appoved this message.
Stingray24
Proud member of the vast right-wing conspiracy
+1,060|6865|The Land of Scott Walker

Poseidon wrote:

Stingray24 wrote:

You presume wrong.  Keep ignoring the votes if you want.  That's what I'm basing my opinion on.  No matter who says what, the votes can't be changed.  If Obama says he would have voted for a bill that contained the Federal bill language, he shouldn't have blocked the Illinois bill which had the word for word verbage protecting Roe vs. Wade.
I'll let you take it up with KJ. He's pretty much spot on and I really don't need to add much on further to what he said.

I love distorting facts too...oh wait, I don't work at MSNBC or Fox News..
Check out CNN coverage which shows the same facts as my linked article.  Or does your internets not have Youtube ...
jord
Member
+2,382|7097|The North, beyond the wall.
I guess I have to say something controversial, obviously logic aint working no more.


Kill the babies, Obama is right! Too many people anyway! Lollolol.
War Man
Australians are hermaphrodites.
+564|7133|Purplicious Wisconsin

jord wrote:

I guess I have to say something controversial, obviously logic aint working no more.


Kill the babies, Obama is right! Too many people anyway! Lollolol.
Ok, lets play your game. NUKE CHINA!!! Lol
The irony of guns, is that they can save lives.
FEOS
Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate
+1,182|6830|'Murka

jord wrote:

FEOS wrote:

Braddock wrote:

Giving the child up for adoption is just as tough on the mother because they have to live out their life in the knowledge that there is a child walking the earth possibly full of bitterness at the fact that its father is a rapist and its mother didn't want him/her.
What makes you think the child would even know the situation surrounding their conception? If the child doesn't know who their biological mother or father is, how can they be bitter about a situation of which they have no knowledge?

There are tons of families out there who can't have children of their own. You're all for the state paying for people's mistakes...why not have the state fund adoption programs to give options to women with unwanted pregnancies (regardless of reason)? Why punish the child (particularly in the case described in the OP) for the crime of the father? Why kill a living, viable baby that has been born because mom and dad didn't want it?

Again, the scenario described in the OP isn't an abortion discussion...it's a living baby that has been born and then left in a refuse pile to die. That is completely indefensible.
I think it's the law you have to tell them. Plus when asked to present Birth certificates etc they'll probably catch on. People shouldn't withhold children's real parents information.
No, it's not the law. When you adopt, you can get a birth certificate that has the adoptive parents on it.

I'm not saying withhold the information--the child is entitled to that, if they desire. However, there are many situations where the info on the parents is simply unknowable.
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein

Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular

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