So, this community is a lot quieter than it used to be. I guess you've all gone to facebook.

However, Slate Star Codex (who identifies as pro choice) made a couple of posts about abortion that I really liked, so I thought I'd flag them here.

Fetal Attraction - abortion and the principle of charity argues that "Pro-Lifers Don’t Give A Damn About ( Read more... )

I was reading another community when it occured to me I haven't had to really think about a response to pro-life arguments in a long time. The arguments about abortion I see always follow down one of a very few paths, and are easy to predict. If you've had one argument about abortion, you've had them all, it seems. I'm willing to bet pro-life ( Read more... )

By ROXANA HEGEMAN, Associated Press Writer Roxana Hegeman, Associated Press Writer - 2 hrs 1 min ago

WICHITA, Kan. - A man suspected of fatally shooting abortion doctor George Tiller in church was in jail Monday while investigators sought to learn more about his background, including his possible connections to anti-abortion groups.

( detailed article under the cut )

Once again our elected elite here in the US has proven to us that they are a bunch of self-serving jerks with inflated egos. Arlen Specter (now democrat) decided to switch parties, and his reasoning for doing so? Well, his state has swung Democrat, and to quote him, "I am unwilling to have my 29-year Senate record judged by the Pennsylvania ( Read more... )

Kidneys and livers from aborted foetuses could be given to the desperately ill and ease the organ donor shortage, a leading scientist has claimed ( Read more... )

Scientists can now destroy embryos with federal funds, in the name of research ( Read more... )

I think I've heard people say things like "Don't agree with abortion? Then don't have one." Now, in my mind this seems like an incredibly simplistic way of looking of things. To those who don't agree with abortion, abortion is murder, an act which takes away the rights of a second party. Whereas saying "Don't agree with gay marriage? Then don' ( Read more... )

If the were a US presidential election in which the two candidates were Martin Sheen and Rudy Giuliani and you were eligible to vote, who would you vote for ( Read more... )

I know a terminology debate has had to have been done before, but let's revisit this ( Read more... )

This one's less of a debate and more of a sharing but I'm sure we'll manage to get some debate going off of it ( Read more... )