[Grovenet] God forbid there should be a Freudian slip

[Steven]

At what point should it be considered murder? Shouldn't we set some limit?
With drugs such as RU486, the concept of abortion as a method of birth
control should be out the window. As a medical procedure, fine.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com [mailto:grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com]On
> Behalf Of Geri
> Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 8:20 AM
> To: Forest Grove local interests list
> Subject: Re: [Grovenet] God forbid there should be a Freudian slip
>
>
> I do suppose the leanings of Pres. Obama's court
> picks would be to leave their religious ideologies out of
> court decisions.
>
> The neo-con synonym for abortion is "infanticide," but
> that's an actual fear-inducing twist on infanticide's traditional
> definition, which is "killing an infant or child after its birth."
> They've also re-defined "infant" to mean anything from a zygote
> to the end of babyhood.
>
> Personally, I doubt I could go through with an abortion,
> but do know what pregnancy, labor, childbirth, recovery
> & continuing care of the infant through adulthood --
> multiple times -- is.  That inspires me to know that other
> women (or couples) who live in different situations,
> conditions, circumstances should be able to choose for
> themselves.
>
> Now, Sarah Palin believes in banning abortion even in
> cases of rape or incest.  To me, that shows that (1) she's
> not capable of empathy with other women, or (2) she
> feels she must enforce some religious tenet on others --
> which is not what religious freedom or separation of church
> and state are about.
>
> Yes, she should have her religious freedom, but it mustn't
> diminish that of others.  Her court picks most likely would
> be those that insist on their religious beliefs trumping the
> Constitution -- not what we need, as we *all* should be
> able to make our *own* religious decisions.
>
>
> Geri
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steven" <NoSpam03 at comcast.net>
> To: "Forest Grove local interests list" <grovenet at rdrop.com>
> Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 7:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [Grovenet] God forbid there should be a Freudian slip
>
>
> > What do you suppose the leanings of pres obama's court picks?
> > And it is hard to believe that we would want justices that are pro
> > infanticide.
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com [mailto:grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com]On
> >> Behalf Of Geri
> >> Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 11:55 AM
> >> To: Forest Grove local interests list
> >> Subject: Re: [Grovenet] God forbid there should be a Freudian slip
> >>
> >>
> >> Of course the president of the country doesn't merely hold a title, but
> >> must make a lot of actual decisions (is war the right thing, etc.) ...
> >> even though he/she does depend on a lot of others to do
> certain work done
> >> and provide info.  And depending on an individual voter's beliefs, the
> >> individual voter would try to learn which candidate would make better
> >> presidential decisions and choose the best cabinet -- in the voter's
> >> opinion. I don't think just anyone will do, and most voters don't.
> >>
> >> Just as one example: I would not like a possible Pres. Palin
> only putting
> >> forward Supreme Court picks who are anti-choice (which it seems she
> >> probably would, since she's anti-choice herself).  Of course, that just
> >> depends on my personal opinion as to which is better.
> >>
> >>
> >
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