“You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more?” - Chris Rock
I know for fact my doctor makes his patients wait a week after counseling before performing a vasectomy; and a vasectomy is more reversible than an abortion. I see nothing wrong with making sure a patient is positively in favor of a procedure so permanent. If doctors are more concerned with keeping their doors open than taking reasonable steps to ensure the patient doesn't experience buyers remorse...they shouldn't be practicing medicine IMO.
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"when socialism fails, blame capitalism and demand more socialism." - A friend
"You know the difference between libs and right-wingers? Libs STFU when evidence refutes their false beliefs." - Another friend
“Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.” - Paulo Coelho
"when socialism fails, blame capitalism and demand more socialism." - A friend
"You know the difference between libs and right-wingers? Libs STFU when evidence refutes their false beliefs." - Another friend
“Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.” - Paulo Coelho
I don't need to ask, I know; its an ultrasound.
From wikipedia: I could get a more scholarly source, but I don't think it'll say much different.
Accuracy
Calculations of gestational age from LMP are sometimes incorrect due to normal variation from the average ovulation date. The gestational age of an individual infant can be more accurately estimated from:
- The woman's knowledge of the date of sexual intercourse.
- The woman's knowledge of fertility signs related to ovulation. The needed observations are normally made by woman who use fertility awareness methods to get pregnant.
- Examination of the newborn infant. In the twentieth century, doctors (especially pediatricians) were trained to recognize the physical changes occurring to the fetus in the latter half of pregnancy so that a maturational age could be estimated.
- An obstetric ultrasound ("dating scan", in the UK routinely offered around 12 weeks) during the pregnancy, whereby sizes of certain fetal body parts are measured.
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Deft use of the talking points but, not speaking for Abbey and the others of course, I don't consider myself overly religious but feel that the logic based position is pro-life. If you accept the priority of the natural rights of life, liberty, and property I feel you would naturally come to the life position. You are free to take any liberty with yourself and your property but once they infringe on the rights of another you then become subject to society's laws. The question then becomes at what point does life start? There are certainly stages of development, viability, etc. but there is arguably no point in time that the life began other than conception.
I have a friend on another board and he put it this way, "I'm not religious at all, but I recognize a human being for a human being. "The bottom line" is when a woman gets pregnant, she is sharing her body with someone else. Like a conjoined twin that will separate after nine months."
"when socialism fails, blame capitalism and demand more socialism." - A friend
"You know the difference between libs and right-wingers? Libs STFU when evidence refutes their false beliefs." - Another friend
“Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.” - Paulo Coelho
I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires. -- Susan B. Anthony
He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.AeschylusRead more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/qu...zeMUwcpY1Io.99
"The government is a child that has found their parents credit card, and spends knowing that they never have to reconcile the bill with their own money"-Shannon Churchill
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Well, if that clump doesn't become a person then no harm as it miscarries, if it does become a person then why isn't it entitled to personhood? But that does get to the underlying question of that clump being property or life. I think life is the more logical position especially over convenience.
"when socialism fails, blame capitalism and demand more socialism." - A friend
"You know the difference between libs and right-wingers? Libs STFU when evidence refutes their false beliefs." - Another friend
“Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.” - Paulo Coelho
Why shouldn't there be an attempt to have less women seek the procedure? That would seem like good public policy. And it's not a 'small govt.' issue to NOT advance legislation that protects innocent life; It's a function of government to do so unless you think it's big government intrusion to investigate murder.
"when socialism fails, blame capitalism and demand more socialism." - A friend
"You know the difference between libs and right-wingers? Libs STFU when evidence refutes their false beliefs." - Another friend
“Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.” - Paulo Coelho
I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires. -- Susan B. Anthony
"when socialism fails, blame capitalism and demand more socialism." - A friend
"You know the difference between libs and right-wingers? Libs STFU when evidence refutes their false beliefs." - Another friend
“Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.” - Paulo Coelho