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originally posted by: windword
a reply to: sad_eyed_lady
That's not really workable, since her body is the only thing keeping that embryo/fetus alive. They are not two individual people until one of them is born.
originally posted by: LadyGreenEyes
originally posted by: windword
a reply to: sad_eyed_lady
That's not really workable, since her body is the only thing keeping that embryo/fetus alive. They are not two individual people until one of them is born.
Did you even write what you typed? You are contradicting yourself. "They" means more than one.
Of course, parasites have babies, and some free-living organisms have a parasitic early life stage. But the notion I seek to discredit here is that all babies are parasites of their parents and, particularly, that the human fetus is a parasite of its mother. This misconception has become distressingly common among my peers.
It distresses me because I love babies and I love parasites, so I think it's important to understand the distinction between them. In a nutshell: a parasite reduces the fitness of its host; a baby increases the fitness of its parents.
originally posted by: dawnstar
a reply to: windword
well they need to protect those men out there who might just not take no for an answer when their wives do what the pro-live people tell them to and keep their legs crossed!!!
I think you mean protect the women, when their husbands just won't take no for an answer. If that is the case the wife has a much bigger problem than a horny spouse.
Trump's second action that women should be concerned about? His proposed budget cuts, one of which would acutely affect women in America who are victims of sexual assault or domestic violence. According to The Hill, Trump's budget plan would eliminate grants bestowed by the Department of Justice office that specifically investigates crimes against women. In 2016, that office provided $480 million in aid.
Violence Against Women Grants were established in 1994 to prevent attacks on women and support victims through grants. Trump's proposal would cut federal funding for victims' transitional housing, legal aid, and criminal justice training on sexual violence.
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originally posted by: Annee
a reply to: sad_eyed_lady
And I bet you thought I'd never read that. You'd be wrong.
Because they are the same species. Exception type of jellyfish. Very fishy.
I think science is just being sensitive to the religious/pro lifers on this one. It happens.
I remember listening to a talk show where the scientist was explaing just that. How they have to be sensitive to the religious on how they word and present information.
Kat M: I am a professor of Biomedical Enhineering, and your arguments are weak at best. Now before I get flamed, I am not from the pro-choice camp trying to argue against life or anything like that, but I believe in sound arguments not ones that are simply trying to debunk for the sake of debunking. I teach my students to back their arguments up with citable facts. Additionally, I am currently happily pregnant with my first child (and going through all of the crappy symptoms as a result of this "parasitism").
I remember listening to a talk show where the scientist was explaing just that. How they have to be sensitive to the religious on how they word and present information.
“You read about me in history books, but now I am dedicated to spreading the truth about preserving the dignity of all human life from natural conception to natural death.”
originally posted by: sad_eyed_lady
a reply to: Annee
I remember listening to a talk show where the scientist was explaing just that. How they have to be sensitive to the religious on how they word and present information.
Many in the movement believe our Savior is The Truth. We can handle the truth it's deception we don't buy. We've seen it with our eyes.
originally posted by: Annee
a reply to: sad_eyed_lady
And the comments.
So, what is a surrogate woman carrying another woman's fetus?
From comments:
Kat M: I am a professor of Biomedical Enhineering, and your arguments are weak at best. Now before I get flamed, I am not from the pro-choice camp trying to argue against life or anything like that, but I believe in sound arguments not ones that are simply trying to debunk for the sake of debunking. I teach my students to back their arguments up with citable facts. Additionally, I am currently happily pregnant with my first child (and going through all of the crappy symptoms as a result of this "parasitism").
originally posted by: sad_eyed_lady
originally posted by: Annee
a reply to: sad_eyed_lady
And the comments.
So, what is a surrogate woman carrying another woman's fetus?
From comments:
Kat M: I am a professor of Biomedical Enhineering, and your arguments are weak at best. Now before I get flamed, I am not from the pro-choice camp trying to argue against life or anything like that, but I believe in sound arguments not ones that are simply trying to debunk for the sake of debunking. I teach my students to back their arguments up with citable facts. Additionally, I am currently happily pregnant with my first child (and going through all of the crappy symptoms as a result of this "parasitism").
She acknowledged her parasite is a child.
originally posted by: dawnstar
a reply to: sad_eyed_lady
and the pro-life camp has never used deception as their tool....
riiiiigghht!
tell me why is it that when talking about abortion, the pro-lifers try so hard to caste women as stupid, unmarried young adults and teens that are just too loose with their bodies? are they not aware of the many, many couples that also find themselves with unwanted pregnancies, or even wanted pregnancies that went badly?
or are they trying to deceive us into visualizing the women who end up considering abortion as just irresponsible singles??