http://www.nhinsider.com/dranotoon/en-USSquarespace Site Server v5.9.3 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Jim_NHWed, 03 Mar 2010 19:07:58 +0000http://www.nhinsider.com/dranotoon/2009/6/7/pro-life.html#comments13961:2609092:comment/7638850Refusing A Frontal LObamatomyMon, 15 Jun 2009 22:53:12 +0000http://www.nhinsider.com/dranotoon/2009/6/7/pro-life.html#comments13961:2609092:comment/4527354
I disagree that an abortion and a miscarriage "would leave the same emotional scars." If they did, then they'd be far more similar than I believe they actually are. It would seem almost pathological if a mother grieved for a child who died naturally in the same way she grieves a child she has deliberately drowned; and it seems unlikely her wounds would be identical in the wake of those two sad outcomes.

LIVE FREE OR DIE:

I do not understand what is meant by your "I would argue since choice was applied..." Excuse me? Was there a time when choice was not applied? Did choice not exist before the right to choose death was conferred? Seriously, I do not know what you mean.]]>Ed NaileMon, 15 Jun 2009 17:10:41 +0000http://www.nhinsider.com/dranotoon/2009/6/7/pro-life.html#comments13961:2609092:comment/4518881
"if a woman has a miscarriage, does that make her guilty of manslaughter?"

Why would I think that? The only connection is that a miscarriage would leave the same emotional scars an abortion would.

That is why abortion is a self-defeating "constitutional right" reserved only for women.

So many women have had them they are now the best advocates of overturning Roe v. Wade, just as the the plaintiff in the original case has changed her position.]]>RowlandMon, 15 Jun 2009 16:08:48 +0000http://www.nhinsider.com/dranotoon/2009/6/14/for-kim.html#comments13961:2609092:comment/4518614
Our own Fearless Leader is more likely to kiss that tuchus.

Let's hope Team America comes to the rescue.]]>Live Free or DieMon, 15 Jun 2009 12:04:27 +0000http://www.nhinsider.com/dranotoon/2009/6/7/pro-life.html#comments13961:2609092:comment/4516539
Thank you very much for considering and responding to my question. I realize the question I posted is extreme and you have responded with very good examples in the same manner. I also realize you did not "label" anyone. However, I do think it is all to easy to apply labels to people or things in certain complex situations in order to focus anger (justified or misguided.)

Although it is an interesting point, I disagree with you on your connection between abortion and child abuse I would argue that since choice was applied, and they (correctly, I might add) chose life, they would be more inclined to provide a caring, loving, and nurturing environment for the child. Child abuse (physical and emotional), to me, is like cancer. It knows no social or economic boundaries.]]>Refusing A Frontal LObamatomyMon, 15 Jun 2009 11:37:07 +0000http://www.nhinsider.com/dranotoon/2009/6/7/pro-life.html#comments13961:2609092:comment/4516486
I don't see how you can consider miscarriage and abortion, even a late term abortion, equivalent to each other. Perhaps you don't consider the two equivalent but think I should. I don't know.

For moral clarification, it seems fair to consider this: If a woman's two-year-old child dies of natural causes, and yet she beheads her three-year-old child, have both children been murdered? Of course one immediately sees the problem; one is not really related to the other. So, too, with abortion and miscarriage: neither are really related other than that they belong in the subset of death.

Here's something I wonder about: If it's OK to kill my baby even a few minutes before she is born, why is it wrong for me to merely abuse my baby a few minutes after she is born? I mean, if it is legally OK to prevent my baby from existing, why is it wrong for me to smash in her in the mouth when she is 10?

You see, I believe there is a causal, though probably unprovable, connection between abortion and child abuse. If the "thing" in the womb can be killed, why can't it later be battered? Which, after all, is worse? It seems to me that some parent might actually feel something like, if he or she could have "killed you then, I can hit you now." In fact, I have actually HEARD a woman say this (essentially) to her four-year-old son, and then I watched her hit him in the face repeatedly. (Yes, I did intervene -- that was 26 years ago and I am caring for that damaged boy right now.)

Ultimately I believe abortion rights are all about oppressing women. There is NOTHING liberating about abortion, or "choice." It enslaves women, reducing them even further to mere sex objects.]]>Live Free or DieMon, 15 Jun 2009 10:53:05 +0000http://www.nhinsider.com/dranotoon/2009/6/7/pro-life.html#comments13961:2609092:comment/4516441
As a parent of four children, I would be in full support of a complete ban on late-term abortions. I think that, in addition to my previous statements, should make it clear as to where I stand on this issue. That said, I do support a woman's right to choose and I still stand by my original statements on this topic

For your consideration, and since so many of you are so quick to judge and label people as murderers; if a woman has a miscarriage, does that make her guilty of manslaughter? Since you all seem so fond of labels, by your definition it does meet the criteria.

And perhaps Mr. Naile would be so kind as to treat us to a graphic description of this event as well.]]>Refusing A Frontal LObamatomySun, 14 Jun 2009 22:55:41 +0000http://www.nhinsider.com/dranotoon/2009/6/7/pro-life.html#comments13961:2609092:comment/4513152
I know it's a tough issue, so I understand your reluctance to be TOO public with your views.]]>Live Free or DieSat, 13 Jun 2009 16:29:07 +0000http://www.nhinsider.com/dranotoon/2009/6/7/pro-life.html#comments13961:2609092:comment/4506493
I denounce and am horrified by late-term abortions.

Are you satisfied?]]>AmazedSat, 13 Jun 2009 00:12:24 +0000http://www.nhinsider.com/dranotoon/2009/6/7/pro-life.html#comments13961:2609092:comment/4500542