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I am not debating opinion, you can't debate opinion, I am trying to point out facts. HyogaRott Send a noteboard - 22/11/2012 05:29:24 PM
.. You definately don't construct public policy over it. It would be like debating a law against going outside when it is raining due to the risk of lightning, hitting your left pinkie toe.


Sorry but that is a ludicrous argument. If legalising a fairly simple operation would save, say, ten lives a year, would you oppose it?



The problem is that for every life that it theoretically "saves" a different life is lost. Additionally, it is not really a 1:1 because not every mother would necessarily die, but every single child does.

As I have said over and over again, there is no good absolute solution on this issue, just a bunch of bad ones.
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woman dies after doctors deny her a life-saving abortion - 14/11/2012 06:58:31 PM 1250 Views
this is so terribly sad. keeping abortions legal is important. *NM* - 14/11/2012 07:09:00 PM 224 Views
Maybe this is more a testament to the quality of care in that hospital than an arguemnt for abortion *NM* - 15/11/2012 01:49:00 PM 239 Views
Can you elaborate? - 16/11/2012 04:07:48 PM 452 Views
Do you have access to her medical charts? - 16/11/2012 08:44:45 PM 457 Views
Statistically speaking... - 15/11/2012 07:03:51 PM 475 Views
Where did you get your statistics from? - 15/11/2012 09:19:29 PM 708 Views
Psst. - 15/11/2012 09:43:35 PM 516 Views
I'm pretty sure his 0.3% figure comes from - 15/11/2012 10:01:29 PM 430 Views
That would certainly change the difference between the numbers. - 15/11/2012 10:07:42 PM 498 Views
Re: Statistically speaking... - 15/11/2012 10:56:35 PM 469 Views
Where's the due process? - 15/11/2012 11:35:39 PM 544 Views
First, prove that the fetus is a "ONE". - 16/11/2012 04:14:34 PM 418 Views
That argument is specious - 16/11/2012 08:36:07 PM 435 Views
But you cannot call another living person an "environment." Only for parasites. - 16/11/2012 10:16:18 PM 408 Views
Yes I can, look up the word environment - 17/11/2012 11:49:55 AM 538 Views
No, I do not accept the risk of pregnancy. - 20/11/2012 01:41:07 PM 415 Views
Re: No, I do not accept the risk of pregnancy. - 20/11/2012 03:59:19 PM 423 Views
well said - 20/11/2012 05:27:11 PM 522 Views
I agree, but it does not matter. - 16/11/2012 08:26:17 PM 421 Views
Win some, lose some - 15/11/2012 11:29:32 PM 577 Views
In other words, if you don't want to die, become a lesbian. *NM* - 16/11/2012 04:16:23 PM 237 Views
stop calling women whores - 16/11/2012 04:55:49 PM 507 Views
Some facts for you - from the article Stephen linked in his reply above, and from general knowledge. - 16/11/2012 09:38:32 PM 558 Views
That is the most rational argument put forth thus far, HOWEVER - 17/11/2012 07:06:58 PM 480 Views
Wow. - 17/11/2012 07:28:23 PM 496 Views
The difference between Ireland and the UK is about 0.006% - 17/11/2012 08:31:45 PM 527 Views
It illustrates that the "life of the mother" argument is rare to the point of irrelevance. *NM* - 18/11/2012 07:45:36 PM 234 Views
And yet this case makes it irrefutably relevant. *NM* - 20/11/2012 05:18:23 PM 215 Views
No, it really does not. Because the situation is so rare as to not be worth even discussing... - 21/11/2012 03:24:01 PM 424 Views
In your opinion - in mine, and I suspect others here, it is not. - 22/11/2012 12:03:20 AM 470 Views
I am not debating opinion, you can't debate opinion, I am trying to point out facts. - 22/11/2012 05:29:24 PM 409 Views

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