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Fortunately, abortion will never be overturned because the fundies would lose their money base. They need something to fight for and the next item, which is to recriminalize homosexuality, doesn’t have the snap they need for the big money sociopaths to hop on.
A question. At what point does the pregnancy become a human being? When do you recognize that it has the right to live without the risk of being killed for being inconvenient?
If at viability, then as technology improves and we move the ability to for a fetus to survive further and further back, does your definition of being human, also change? 26 weeks becomes 24, becomes 22 weeks, becomes… Eventually we may be able to support a single fertilized cell and bring it to term. Would that mean that the one cell is a human, by the viability definition?
Further, I think we can agree that a one month old baby is a human being. But if left on its own on a sidewalk, it would soon die. Is that human viable? Do you deny that it is human?
So answer if you would please. When does a human life begin?
Really clueless toon Joel? When there were 2-3 million people on this planet about he time the bible was written the sanctity of life meant survival of the human race. In todays world there are over 7 Billion bustling lives on Earth. We are killing out reasources off, polluting our living spaces and the self righteous minions of stupidity would rather see a destitute single mother and child suffer than allow us to be as God create us and the rest of his beings survivalists.
I am not against abortions.but not as an alternative to birth control. With some many STDs out there you would think women and men would use comdoms. Oh by the way if you do not know oral sex can transmit STDs
Joel Pett is a three-time finalist for Pulitzer Prize for cartooning. He won the award in 2000. He joined Lexington Herald-Leader in 1984 and USAToday as contributing cartoonist in 2002.
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DrCanuck said, 1 day ago
If you outlaw abortions, only criminals will perform abortions.
jack75287 said, 1 day ago
Well then at least less people will die then say from guns.
bobwinners
said, 1 day ago
stupid.
David
said, 1 day ago
Fortunately, abortion will never be overturned because the fundies would lose their money base. They need something to fight for and the next item, which is to recriminalize homosexuality, doesn’t have the snap they need for the big money sociopaths to hop on.
Gore Bane said, 1 day ago
If you need an abortion, get it before the third trimester. Otherwise, don’t make excuses for being a murderer.
David
said, about 24 hours ago
@Gore Bane
If you need an abortion, get it before the third trimester.
That’s already the law. What’s your point?
Molon Labe said, about 23 hours ago
A question. At what point does the pregnancy become a human being? When do you recognize that it has the right to live without the risk of being killed for being inconvenient?
If at viability, then as technology improves and we move the ability to for a fetus to survive further and further back, does your definition of being human, also change? 26 weeks becomes 24, becomes 22 weeks, becomes… Eventually we may be able to support a single fertilized cell and bring it to term. Would that mean that the one cell is a human, by the viability definition?
Further, I think we can agree that a one month old baby is a human being. But if left on its own on a sidewalk, it would soon die. Is that human viable? Do you deny that it is human?
So answer if you would please. When does a human life begin?
rpmurray said, about 22 hours ago
@Molon Labe
When it starts paying taxes.
Dycel
said, about 22 hours ago
Really clueless toon Joel?
When there were 2-3 million people on this planet about he time the bible was written the sanctity of life meant survival of the human race.
In todays world there are over 7 Billion bustling lives on Earth. We are killing out reasources off, polluting our living spaces and the self righteous minions of stupidity would rather see a destitute single mother and child suffer than allow us to be as God create us and the rest of his beings survivalists.
rightisright said, about 20 hours ago
LIE-berals claim to want abortions “safe, rare and legal.” ONE OUT OF THREE AIN’T BAD, EH?
Radish
said, about 19 hours ago
@rightisright
You’re really slipping into that insanity thing.
ronald rini
said, about 11 hours ago
I am not against abortions.but not as an alternative to birth control. With some many STDs out there you would think women and men would use comdoms. Oh by the way if you do not know oral sex can transmit STDs
Magnaut said, about 9 hours ago
@DrCanuck
You should apply that thought to gun control
Bruce4671 said, about 7 hours ago
@DrCanuck
Hey, I agree with that! LOL
DrCanuck said, about 5 hours ago
@Bruce4671
Veddy good, gwasshoppah.