tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post6408581038361512670..comments2024-03-26T00:14:00.509-07:00Comments on Crunchy Chicken: The penalty for abortionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger128125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-83696672286338598072009-11-30T18:33:03.648-08:002009-11-30T18:33:03.648-08:00Stoning. In the arab world, virtually no women get...Stoning. In the arab world, virtually no women get illegal abortions! Why? They don't want to have rocks thrown at them till they die(But then, the baby didn't wish to be vacuumed out either).Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12583086221385487034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-45659682059404085082009-11-30T18:31:41.030-08:002009-11-30T18:31:41.030-08:00Stoning. In the arab world, virtually no women get...Stoning. In the arab world, virtually no women get illegal abortions! Why? They don't want to have rocks thrown at them till they die(But then, the baby didn't wish to be vacuumed out either).Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12583086221385487034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-77359468540007436032009-03-12T22:24:00.000-07:002009-03-12T22:24:00.000-07:00Brooke, RIGHT WITH YOU! Anti-choice (or as I prefe...Brooke, RIGHT WITH YOU! <BR/><BR/>Anti-choice (or as I prefer to call it, forced birth) is by definition anti-woman. If you think abortion should be illegal, then you think a woman should be able to be forced to go through a pregnancy, with all the inherent risks (which are far higher than those of abortion, no matter how many anecdotes of "botched" abortions the forced-birthers come up with) andFrom the lion's mouthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08269847882599124126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-44475514034977369602009-02-14T00:06:00.000-08:002009-02-14T00:06:00.000-08:00In reading many of these comments I am struck by h...In reading many of these comments I am struck by how incredibly sexist the anti-choice comments are and how if maybe these people could see women as individuals in their own right, perhaps their minds would change?<BR/><BR/>It seems like the concept is that women are VICTIMS to abortion doctors, family members or abusive boyfriend that FORCE abortion on women. That only these individuals should Brookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11043525246890708047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-25419875915124447582009-02-06T17:27:00.000-08:002009-02-06T17:27:00.000-08:00Just something to toss in the mix here... Accordin...Just something to toss in the mix here... <BR/><BR/>According to Wikipedia, "The word fetus is from the Latin fetus, meaning offspring, bringing forth, hatching of young. It has Indo-European roots related to sucking or suckling."<BR/><BR/>So, the issue of whether or not a fetus is a real baby or not is a question of semantics, not reality. "Fetus" is a doctor's fancy and sterile way of saying "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-86856015020519847922009-02-05T04:07:00.000-08:002009-02-05T04:07:00.000-08:00In Germany for example (to offer an outside perspe...In Germany for example (to offer an outside perspective) abortion is illegal BUT there's no penalty (for neither the doctor performing the abortion nor for the woman having the abortion). <BR/><BR/>Therefore everyone is happy. Those Christians are able to say that it is illegal whilst everyone else has no (major) problems getting an abortion if need be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-16086254999545731472009-02-05T03:58:00.000-08:002009-02-05T03:58:00.000-08:00Making abortion illegal is bad for the environment...Making abortion illegal is bad for the environment. <BR/><BR/>Why? <BR/><BR/>If I were a woman and wanted to have an abortion I'd really want it. If abortions were illegal in the place I lived I'd simply outsource the abortion. <BR/><BR/>That's right: I'd simply hop on a plane and fly somewhere where abortions where legal and would have my abortion overseas and then fly back. <BR/><BR/>Just thinkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-14097353942676145432009-01-30T10:21:00.000-08:002009-01-30T10:21:00.000-08:00I've thought about this for quite some time but ha...I've thought about this for quite some time but haven't had the chance to respond. I apologize for coming back to this late.<BR/><BR/>As I've been turning this over in my mind, the thing that keeps coming back is that if we were to equate abortion with murder in a legal sense, what a can of worms that would open. Speaking completely logically, if abortion was to be tried and punished as murder,Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11230452518341390392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-50522143984411605382009-01-28T14:06:00.000-08:002009-01-28T14:06:00.000-08:00@carsick.comingaliveYeah, those chidren they strap...@carsick.<BR/><BR/><I>comingalive<BR/>Yeah, those chidren they strap the bombs around and blow up? They were wanted all right. </I><BR/><BR/>Your orginal comment was that liberals shouldn't protest the Bush administration going to war which in turn killed babies when they are having abortions. <BR/><BR/>How do we get to suicide bombers? <BR/>Not sure. <BR/><BR/>Children who are maniuplated and/orAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-56439361538053731552009-01-27T07:14:00.000-08:002009-01-27T07:14:00.000-08:00Cynthia: I live in the Bible belt too. Maybe this...Cynthia: I live in the Bible belt too. Maybe this should be a lesson to those same people that abstinence-only sex ed isn't the way to goMoriahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02542494188045642924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-81669854567868131332009-01-27T07:12:00.000-08:002009-01-27T07:12:00.000-08:00wow! thanks! This is totally different from my r...wow! thanks! This is totally different from my regular standpoint (though hinting at supporting the same side). I never even thought that people would be getting them illegally, just that they'd be trying DIY/at home stuff or committing suicide.<BR/>It's cheaper to have an abortion than raise a child. I'd never thought about it from an environmental standpoint, but I don't want to even think Moriahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02542494188045642924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-16870889462816687602009-01-26T10:34:00.000-08:002009-01-26T10:34:00.000-08:00Someone asked what the fetus' rights are - well, t...Someone asked what the fetus' rights are - well, the law does imply that they have the right to be born when a pregnant woman dies and it counts as TWO deaths because she was pregnant. This could be a car crash or a murder - it's still two deaths in the court of law. I just think that's interesting. <BR/><BR/>Everything has been said in every way here. I don't do well with the debating and Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11194724896237883505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-41574610627713558562009-01-26T10:07:00.000-08:002009-01-26T10:07:00.000-08:00I agree with many of the comments here; it is a di...I agree with many of the comments here; it is a difficult subject. <BR/><BR/>One struggle I have with the pro choice argument is with the accountablility of the woman. Yes, I believe women should have control over their bodies. But, don't they have the same ability to choose whether or not to have sex? Yes, there are some cases where the birth control didn't work, or the woman was raped, but Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-74730916620336334232009-01-26T09:37:00.000-08:002009-01-26T09:37:00.000-08:00Living in "Focus on the Family" region of the coun...Living in "Focus on the Family" region of the country, I hear ALOT of anti-abortion rhetoric. My response to this is: How many of your children are adopted? (I have met 3 families out of hundreds who have adopted) Are you willing to adopt a child of a different color, that is not an infant and has "problems" or been in the system a long time?" I get the answer, "Of course." My next question isAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-69387328770106014432009-01-25T13:46:00.000-08:002009-01-25T13:46:00.000-08:00In general I think most of what I think has alread...In general I think most of what I think has already been covered. I'm pro-choice (don't think abortion would ever be the right choice for me but unless I am in a situation where I needed to decide don't feel I can make an equivocal statement either way).<BR/><BR/>@Bucky - bear in mind that any statistics you read for the UK will also include the many women from Ireland who travel to England for Moonwaveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16018956740090192993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-62933377814578486892009-01-25T10:49:00.000-08:002009-01-25T10:49:00.000-08:00I wonder what rights a fetus has?I wonder what rights a fetus has?Rev. Peter Doodeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15095282505667909048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-46188558460190163272009-01-25T07:01:00.000-08:002009-01-25T07:01:00.000-08:00kristijoy,I appreciate your comments, and I actual...kristijoy,<BR/>I appreciate your comments, and I actually didn't read the comments on that article until my mom mentioned how awful they were. <BR/><BR/>I wanted to say that my mom would probably disagree with this statement:<BR/>"While I was reading your post I felt sorry that your mother didn't live in a time, and a place, where she would have been supported in her decision to abort and felt noAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-35520790084135957552009-01-24T21:45:00.000-08:002009-01-24T21:45:00.000-08:00Abbey, Sorry I just have to say, I personally avoi...Abbey, <BR/>Sorry I just have to say, I personally avoid reading comments on newspapers and online articles because it brings out the most awful people on earth, I swear. I wish that they would be required to post such things behind their real names and identities. <BR/>Sure, there are people who think this, there always have been, those are the people who make it real easy for poor black women Kristijoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15790510053995458172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-83023090030047711892009-01-24T20:53:00.000-08:002009-01-24T20:53:00.000-08:00Here's a disgusting example of people I mentioned:...Here's a disgusting example of people I mentioned:<BR/>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/22/AR2009012203995.html?referrer=emailarticle<BR/>Just read the comments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-80885634624683530352009-01-24T20:35:00.000-08:002009-01-24T20:35:00.000-08:00I hesitate to comment, but I hope that it will be ...I hesitate to comment, but I hope that it will be heard. I didn't read every last comment, but I found it interesting that very few people will actually own up to having an abortion or supporting one, because once you have, there's something of a stain on you. <BR/>My own mother had an abortion in the 70's, one which caused her a lot of trauma physically and emotionally. The fact remains that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-59167828357278500482009-01-24T19:24:00.000-08:002009-01-24T19:24:00.000-08:00I waded through the comments and only a few report...I waded through the comments and only a few reported on the punishments they knew about or proposed punishments. The rest failed to follow the directions, a common dysfunction.<BR/>So, here, near the bottom, I wish to add my two cents. Nothing says Medieval Patriarchy like stoning to the death. <BR/>Of course, one commenter pointed out that if the punishment were death, somebody would be undoing Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-8862716255599084752009-01-24T18:55:00.000-08:002009-01-24T18:55:00.000-08:00I write seeking your forgiveness.On behalf of thos...I write seeking your forgiveness.<BR/>On behalf of those who call themselves Christians, please let me ask for your forgiveness.<BR/> <BR/>I have said rude, abrasive,and mean things in the name of pro-life.<BR/>I have cared more about my agenda than I have about your feelings.<BR/>I have picketed instead of holding your hand.<BR/>I have judged you, instead of loving you.<BR/>I have not shown Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-13210849566987407192009-01-24T15:28:00.000-08:002009-01-24T15:28:00.000-08:00To the last Anon poster: I think abortion is a ver...To the last Anon poster: <BR/>I think abortion is a very relevant issue for environmentalism. it is a form of keeping the population down, especially of those potential people who would have been unwanted and dumped into a resource strapped system. <BR/>The world is overpopulated. Choosing abortion, can be, very much an environmental or resource based decision. For good or worse (ie China's one Kristijoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15790510053995458172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-3540653999224452792009-01-24T13:20:00.000-08:002009-01-24T13:20:00.000-08:00Wow! Someone has her organically and sustainably ...Wow! Someone has her organically and sustainably manufactured panties in a twist. My point is this: As a blog about living "green" and doing our part to support the environment, and providing ideas and opportunities for others to act responsibly, you are on to something. While some of your ideas may seem "out there" for the main stream, they do provide food for thought, and do provide a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-9518867900364980012009-01-24T11:54:00.000-08:002009-01-24T11:54:00.000-08:00A lot of comments here.The thing that strikes me i...A lot of comments here.<BR/><BR/>The thing that strikes me is that this wouldnt even be a matter for debate on a British blog. I guess there's a lot fewer anti-abortion proponents here in Britain - and to my knowledge I only know one person who is anti-abortion.<BR/><BR/>I think we find it hard here in Britain - I know I certainly do - to even think of abortion as anything other than a medical Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com