Late abortion

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In Brieskow-Finkenheerd, Land Brandenburg, Germany, a woman of 39 had nine undesired pregnancies in her life. She let them go to term and then murdered the new-born babies. If she had murdered them before birth, she would be patted on the back and assured that she had exercised her sacrosanct rights. Because she did so a few hours or days after birth, she is treated as an object of horror. So much for rationality.

Comments

[patchworkmind.livejournal.com]

Yep.

I often ponder the rationale of it all.

Then it's hard to decide if it makes me more angry or sorrowful.

Then I have to work on not thinking about it.

[(Anonymous)]

Well, if you're too stupid to see the difference between a fetus and an infant, I don't hold out much hope for you.

A fetus isn't a human being. She should have aborted it. Failing that, she should have left the infant, which is a human being, at the hospital or a church or a police station.

[fpb.livejournal.com]

The difference, as you call it, is a few hours. And you are an unreasoning, superstitious dolt who thinks that changing words changes facts. I leave this entry on my LJ as an example of the depths of stupidity to which abortion reduces people.

[gunderpants.livejournal.com]

I think some of the outrage might be arising from the fact that the woman clearly didn't take responsibility even after the first time in regards to either abstinence or contraception.

[enelya-oronar.livejournal.com]

That is harsh! i am pro choice but BUT not as a form of birth control. Not for women who do it over and over - I don't agree with that....rape, deformity, unexpected complications, abusive situation...maybe but not just for birth control.

[(Anonymous)]

No, I think you're the stupid one. There is no substantial difference between the nearly-born and the born, unless you want to suggest that the method in which they recieve oxygen is "substantial". And any pro-legal-abortion argument which suggests otherwise is fairly idiotic. Stick with the comatose violinist argument-no other arguments hold any water at all.

[fpb.livejournal.com]

Wow. An anonymous who takes my side - I mean, the side I'm on. (I would never be arrogant enough to call the great and brave pro-life cause "my" side.) Wonders will never cease. I realize that the argument made by Ms. (Mr.?) anonymous only holds for late abortions, and that s/he might agree with early or special-circumstances ones, but at any rate we agree on this matter. I might add that a child is not wholly an individual until at least his first year has passed, and that except for the breathing and feeding very little has changed; so, if anything, Anonymous One's argument would tell in favour of infanticide.