SoftBonds -> RE: Any action in which a man ejaculates or otherwise deposits semen... (2/11/2012 6:02:54 AM)
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ORIGINAL: kalikshama Context can also be found by googling the phrase, which led me to this: http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/news/regions/americas/united-states/senator-says-life-begins-at-ejaculation SB 1433 would give fertilzed eggs the same legal rights as human beings through all stages of conception. It is one of many controversial "personhood" bills introduced across the United States that have further driven a wedge between pro-abortion and anti-abortion advocates. Similar bills have recently been introduced in Virginia and Utah. Medical professionals have voiced concerns about the sometimes unclear language used in personhood bills. "Embryos, including those frozen in storage, are now persons," Dr. Eli Reshef, medical director at the Bennett Fertility Institute, told Tulsa World. "Do they have to be counted in the Census? I know this might sound like stretching, but this is how vague a law like this is." State Sen. Jim Wilson, another critic of bill, tried to add his own amendment to SB 1433 that would hold men more accountable for protecting the fetus. He proposed that the father of the unborn child should be "financially responsible for its mother's health care, housing, transportation and nourishment while she is pregnant," Tulsa World reported. His amendment failed. The last two sentences show what this is really about. I've met two sorts of pro-life folks, and one I can get along with just fine, but the other group disgusts me. I can respectfully disagree with someone who says "at conception it's a baby," and it isn't totally disagreement with their point, I know the pain of seeing a woman you love miscarry. I just think that a woman's body is her own, and until they come up with a way to raise baby's in test tubes we have to respect a woman's life too. But I am happy to share the planet with folks who are on the other side of the issue, we both have valid points and care about the right things, just in different ways. But there are a lot of pro-life folks who don't like abortion because it allows "harlots," to "escape the punishment for their sins." These are the folks who are against abortion and welfare. They want the baby born, but they want that so the mother will suffer and "learn not to have sex out of wedlock." These folks generally only pay lip service to the idea that men shouldn't have sex outside marriage (think Gingrich). Of course, I'm a fan of open marriage, so you can call me a hypocrite.
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