RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Abortion - was Missouri Young Republicans?

[Dave Lloyd <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Fri, 9 Jul 2004, Brent Deterding wrote:

> As I understand it, most birth-control pills prevent the egg from being
> fertilized in the first place. I understood only "morning after" pills
> terminated a fertilized egg. But yes, if the egg is fertilized I believe there
> is life. Terminating that life fits my definition for murder.

Read up on how birth control pills work.  They work by both supressing
ovulation *and* prevention of implantation of a fertilized egg.
http://www.wellesley.edu/Health/pill.html .  The "morning after" pill is
nothing more than a very high dose birth control pill that prevents
implantation.  So, if your girlfriend/wife/buddy is on the pill, then
she's probably already committed a horrible sin by your method of
thinking.

> That said, those are my beliefs. As for public policy . . . I'm comfortable
> banning PBAs after the fetus is considered viable. I believe this is where
> science can agree life begins. Prior to that I'm not comfortable imposing my
> religious beliefs (life at conception) on others - I will trust God to handle
> those cases.  

I'm not comfortable banning it because very few doctors perform the
procedure unless it's done to protect the life of the mother.  If the
mother dies, both the mother and fetus die. What's the point of
continuing the pregnancy then?

> I happen to believe that case of danger to the mothers life or extreme illness
> in the fetus is up to the doctor - as you said before - doctors make life/death
> decisions every day - let them do their job. 

So, we agree, then.

--dlloyd
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