There are some sites that say Adoption is emotionally damaging to the womans/mothers ( Read more... )

I've heard the argument of "post-abortion syndrome" in the past, and wondered if it was still being used. It's particularly interesting in light of the most recent look into the supposed affliction.

Were there any prolifers here who used this as an argument against abortion? Does this change any minds?

Doesn't it seem that even giving an inch on abortion (late term limits, etc) implies that the fetus is in fact a human or developing human with full rights, and thus any abortion would in fact be murder?

So recently, my favorite person Cecil Adams decided to take on the difficult topicsAs a quick aside, I'll note his snide treatment of the actual questioneer is not particularly surprising; he does that with everyone who writes in, no matter what the topic. So it's not a special case, if you've never read his stuff before ( Read more... )

As many of you probably noticed, this community was hacked earlier today. Fortunately, LJ acted quickly and the proper maintainers were restored (with the exception of kali_kali, who appears to have been the target of the hacker). Unfortunately, our community info page is gone. But we will be working to recreate it soon. In the meantime, play nice. And post

Lydia Fairchild is a chimera -- most of her body has one set of DNA, but her reproductive organs and other parts have a completely different set of DNA. Scientists believe this happens when two eggs are fertilized, and then those two embryos fuse, creating one embryo and eventually one baby with two sets of DNA ( Read more... )

If there were ever a time where abortion had simply never existed (say far far far in the future in some utopia or let's just imagine,) might giving a child up for adoption be viewed as an irresponsible measure ( Read more... )

Consider the following: This couple want a deaf child. Should we try to stop them?

For those what don't want to read the whole thing, here is the pertinent bit:

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 My sister and I were out to lunch the other day, and I asked her if she'd heard about the 40,000 plastic fetus thing yet.  (Here, for anyone who hasn't seen it.) Naturally, this lead us to deeper conversation, and I was pleased to hear that although she is SDA and pro-life, she doesn't think that decision should be made for other people. She's ( Read more... )

I've been thinking about discussion and arguments that I've had on forums-mostly this one. It seems when you are dicussing abortion on line, it seem so easy to slip into the "OMG, I can't believe that *expletive* said that. What a *expletive*! I knew that the other side were a bunch of *expletive* selfish/ignorant/whatever *expletive ( Read more... )