Hmm ... does anyone know when conception takes place after intercourse? I imagine a lot depends on the position of the egg in the fallopian tube, motility of the sperm and so on. Twelve hours? Sixteen? Twenty-four? My point being that if the emergency drugs are administered in a timely fashion, it might prevent the egg from being fertilized in the first place.
So these drugs are not designed to block the passage of sperm, as other barrier methods do to prevent contraception.
I don't believe a just-fertilized egg constitutes a human being. To me, that's belittling just what the soul is (a small mass of cells, three days old?!)
Yes, I know this is difficult to see, as it is so far removed from our everyday experience, but why should a smaller clump of cells be less of a person, than the larger mass that we are?
the soul and God are more intelligent than what some give them credit for.
I don't care if its genetically flawed,
Using that logic, if anti-abortion laws worked, there'd be no back alley abortionists, would there?
Yes, I admit, no law is perfect. Laws against murder do not stop all murder. Neither will laws against abortion stop all abortions.
As for how, even back in the bad old days, most of the abortions done were being performed safely, as they were done by competent physicians. Why should we expect butchers now when we have much better technology?
Furthermore, you call it "popular." I disagree, considering the fact that the number of legal abortions in this country has actually declined from its high.
What it comes down to is this: There are 6.2 billion people on this planet, and it's nigh impossible to get them all to do "the right thing," all the time.
Yet history obviously shows that just saying "no" and using abstinence education doesn't work 100 percent, either.
Therefore, you need to expose people to *all* aspects of sex education — abstinence, STDs, the stages of pregnancy and childbirth, contraception options and so on. That way, they not only know the best way to avoid pregnancy, but also what options they have if pregnancy occurs.
Giving them options, isn't going to help them when you really don't want them having to use these options in the first place.
I did include men in my statement. Go back and look.
That tells me that it is an option for the man to choose not to be involved, which is another way of saying that the woman does not have that option, and to place the primary burden on the woman.
The responsibility should be shared.
Not the man. It's rare for me to ever hear anything about the responsibility the man has in the whole affair. It angers me. Perhaps that "Isn't she too young?" campaign should go nationwide, since a good deal of unwanted pregnancies are caused by older men having their way with teenage girls.
The only ones who are saying that the men should be accountable, and responsible along with the women are the prolifers. For everyone else, it's not a man's issue, it's not a man's problem.
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