On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 21:32:56 -0700, "The Weiss Family"
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"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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Really? Every poll I've seen supports abortion.


Have you noticed that the only people that advocate abortion are those
that have already been born?

-Doug

Have you noticed that those who oppose abortion the most publicly are
the baby brokers who stand to profit from adoption fees?

All emotions on this issue aside.

That is a noble goal, but you mention: "I fell in love with my
children." I would characterize 'love' as an emotion.

When I was younger I really leaned toward the pro-choice side.

Because new-borns require, not only an enormous amount of parental
time for nurturing, but they also require a stable home environment
for decades if a healthy person is to develop, likely, you were
unable/unwilling to provide either at that time, and your leanings
were appropriate for that time in your life.

Who wants to have their offspring born into unfit conditions? Not a
healthy minded person.

Now that I have children (three beautiful angels), I don't understand how I
ever felt that way.

Children are marvelous. However we are not discussing aborting
CHILDREN. Children are already outside the womb. Life inside the
womb is referred to as a zygote, embryo or fetus.

From the first ultrasound, I fell in love with my children.

Your fetus was not a child nor infant, and prior to three months it's
not even a fetus, it's an embryo:

Merriam-Webster:
Main Entry:embryo
Pronunciation:*em-br*-**
Function:noun
Inflected Formlural embryos
Etymology:Medieval Latin embryon-, embryo, from Greek embryon,
from en- + bryein to swell; akin to Greek bryon catkin
Date:1548

1 a archaic : a vertebrate at any stage of development prior to
birth or hatching b : an animal in the early stages of growth and
differentiation that are characterized by cleavage, the laying
down of fundamental tissues, and the formation of primitive organs
and organ systems; especially : the developing human individual
from the time of implantation to the end of the eighth week after
conception
2 : the young sporophyte of a seed plant usually comprising a
rudimentary plant with plumule, radicle, and cotyledons
3 a : something as yet undeveloped b : a beginning or undeveloped
state of something

In MY OPINION, babies are babies, and gifts from heaven.

An embryo or fetus is not a baby nor infant. Such a misconception (no
pun intended) is illogical and often used by those who wish to
influence others into accepting their views through the use of emotion
instead of rational thought.



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Irrational beliefs ultimately lead to irrational acts.
-- Larry Dighera,