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A good starting point to discuss abortion is: Exodus 21:-22-25;

"If men fight, and hurt a woman with child, so that she gives birth prematurely, yet no harm follows, he shall surely be punished accordingly as the woman's husband imposes on him;....But if any harm follows, then you shall give life for life.

When looking at this verse the "harm" is about the survival of the baby. If the fight causes a miscarriage, or birth before the baby can survive, the perpetrator is to forfeit his life.
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Butts appears to not agree with God then.

  Isaiah 43-3

"Listen to me, O house of Jacob, all you who remain of the house of Israel, you whom I have upheld since you were conceived, and have carried since your birth."
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I don't recall ever having read in the bible that life begins at breath or that life begins at conception either.

I see what @PeteS in CA posted, it's interesting, but I don't think it says what Mayor Pete wants it to say.

Abortion should just be up the the person to decide, imo.
If God said it would you believe it?

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Butt's own brother-in-law does not believe what he is saying.
Brother-in-Law: Pete Buttigieg ‘Misinterpreting’ Bible for ‘Absurd’ Abortion Agenda
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/09/11/brother-in-law-pete-buttigieg-misinterpreting-bible-for-absurd-abortion-agenda/
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Buttigieg is right.  Abortion is a moral question upon which reasonable, moral minds will differ.   The question is who has the right to make that decision.

And the answer should be:  every woman must have the right to decide for herself, on the basis of her own conscience informed by her experience,  her faith and those who love and support her.

It is not a decision to be compelled by government.

Not Biblically, he ain't. You can wax philosofickle all you want. You cannot get that Book to say abortion is OK. Not with any honesty.

When John the Baptist was a child in the womb, he leapt at the presence of his Lord - His Lord who was in the womb too. And yes, the Scripture calls John a child while he is in the womb.

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Psalm 139:13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb.

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Abortion should just be up the the person to decide, imo.

Which person? The mother, the father, or the child?

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Would I believe that life begins at conception? No.



Why not?  When does it begin? And on what basis do you have an opinion?

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A good starting point to discuss abortion is: Exodus 21:-22-25;

"If men fight, and hurt a woman with child, so that she gives birth prematurely, yet no harm follows, he shall surely be punished accordingly as the woman's husband imposes on him;....But if any harm follows, then you shall give life for life.

When looking at this verse the "harm" is about the survival of the baby. If the fight causes a miscarriage, or birth before the baby can survive, the perpetrator is to forfeit his life.

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Why not?  When does it begin? And on what basis do you have an opinion?

When the fetus is realistically viable. With great medical assistance that is around 22 - 24 weeks.

Life definitely begins when the fetus is able to survive on its own.

 


Which person? The mother, the father, or the child?
The mother and father should decide. The mom has final say, though.
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When the fetus is realistically viable. With great medical assistance that is around 22 - 24 weeks.

Life definitely begins when the fetus is able to survive on its own.

The 'fetus' (you know that means baby in Latin, don't you?) is perfectly viable if you leave it alone.
 
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The mother and father should decide. The mom has final say, though.

Why? Does the old man get a say wrt support after the fact? No, he gets to pay his treasure for twenty years. Under coercion. So if it ain't a life, and is part of both the man and woman, how is it that she gets to decide his fortunes (not to mention the child's, of course).

It seems to me that if the man can be coerced for twenty years, the woman should be coerced the same. Or at least the paltry 9 months it would take to deliver the child to his father, and quit claim.

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When the fetus is realistically viable. With great medical assistance that is around 22 - 24 weeks.

Life definitely begins when the fetus is able to survive on its own.

 

The mother and father should decide. The mom has final say, though.




Actually...the "fetus" will be able to survive as soon as it grows... as soon as it is implanted in the mother's womb. If there is a problem...nature will expel it (miscarriage).

You didn't really say what you base this opinion on.  That's o.k....I have to go for the evening.


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When the fetus is realistically viable. With great medical assistance that is around 22 - 24 weeks. 1

Life definitely begins when the fetus is able to survive on its own. 2
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1 So, how is a non-living fetus able to grow from a single cell to having limbs that move and internal organs that function when the placenta only passes oxygen and nutrition? The mother's body isn't directing that growth. Reality contradicts "When the fetus is realistically viable". There is no magical point during a pregnancy when the baby goes from non-living to living. The baby is alive, growing according to what amounts to a plan undirected by the mother, is genetically uniquely human, and is genetically unique from the mother.

2 I don't know if you've ever been a parent, but having been one I can guarantee that a baby left "on its own" on a floor surrounded by food, water, and blankets will not survive on its own.
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Actually...the "fetus" will be able to survive as soon as it grows... as soon as it is implanted in the mother's womb. If there is a problem...nature will expel it (miscarriage).

You didn't really say what you base this opinion on.  That's o.k....I have to go for the evening.



That's not necessarily the case. People are born with terrible medical conditions and birth defects all the time. Those, too, are problems.

I based that on the fact that Naturally the woman is the one who carries, births, and feeds the child.



1 So, how is a non-living fetus able to grow from a single cell to having limbs that move and internal organs that function when the placenta only passes oxygen and nutrition? The mother's body isn't directing that growth. Reality contradicts "When the fetus is realistically viable". There is no magical point during a pregnancy when the baby goes from non-living to living. The baby is alive, growing according to what amounts to a plan undirected by the mother, is genetically uniquely human, and is genetically unique from the mother.

2 I don't know if you've ever been a parent, but having been one I can guarantee that a baby left "on its own" on a floor surrounded by food, water, and blankets will not survive on its own.

If a woman gives birth in the woods to a baby at 16 weeks that's going to be called a miscarriage. It's not going to survive.

At 22 weeks your chances are 50/50 with extreme medical attention. Left alone, those are miscarriages too.

So, in the medical profession Doctors induce births when a woman is well past her 40 weeks. An abortion is an induced miscarriage.



The 'fetus' (you know that means baby in Latin, don't you?) is perfectly viable if you leave it alone.
 
Why? Does the old man get a say wrt support after the fact? No, he gets to pay his treasure for twenty years. Under coercion. So if it ain't a life, and is part of both the man and woman, how is it that she gets to decide his fortunes (not to mention the child's, of course).

It seems to me that if the man can be coerced for twenty years, the woman should be coerced the same. Or at least the paltry 9 months it would take to deliver the child to his father, and quit claim.

See above regarding viability.

Change's in child support laws are a different topic. See above above for my reasoning why the woman gets final say.
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See above regarding viability.

No, as I said, the child is perfectly viable if you leave it alone. In fact is it supremely viable for the environment it is in.

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Change's in child support laws are a different topic. See above above for my reasoning why the woman gets final say.

No they are not. It is the very same thing. The root is the responsibility for the formation of a child. Legally the father is liable from the start. He cannot quit that liability.
Why isn't the woman equally liable?
Why can she act upon the father's liability and/or interests without his consent?
Why can she quit her own liability by murdering the child, but the father cannot?

Surely you can see the inequity in this, even if you can't see the inequity in the murder of the child.

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No, as I said, the child is perfectly viable if you leave it alone. In fact is it supremely viable for the environment it is in.

No they are not. It is the very same thing. The root is the responsibility for the formation of a child. Legally the father is liable from the start. He cannot quit that liability.
Why isn't the woman equally liable?
Why can she act upon the father's liability and/or interests without his consent?
Why can she quit her own liability by murdering the child, but the father cannot?

Surely you can see the inequity in this, even if you can't see the inequity in the murder of the child.

Being a live human being means breathing oxygen and a bunch of other internal processes outside of the womb. In the natural world.

If a fetus is not capable of that, I cannot say they are a live human being.

Okay, what if the woman wants to keep the child and the father wants the abortion? Who makes the final call?
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Being a live human being means breathing oxygen and a bunch of other internal processes outside of the womb. In the natural world.

No, being a human being is a matter of genetics. That child is a human being without question. A genetically unique individual human. If a pregnant mother is killed two murders are prosecuted. There is no question as to the definition.

As to whether the child is alive - it thinks, it emotes, it has motor control... It reacts to pain, it takes in sustenance and eliminates waste. It is every bit as alive, with more complexity and signature than the bacteria inhabiting the very same space - That bacterium, which you will no doubt recognize as being alive.

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If a fetus is not capable of that, I cannot say they are a live human being.

There are creatures living in your body right now.

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Okay, what if the woman wants to keep the child and the father wants the abortion? Who makes the final call?

Who indeed. A legitimate test would require a trial and a judgement. Even without the interest of the child. The two parents have an equal interest, and either both should be coerce-able, or both should be able to quit claim, or both should be able to do either.

Certainly it is not right that the woman decides alone.
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This is really really simple. There is no creating life. THE LIFE IS ALREADY THERE. There is only the continuation of life. If the egg is alive and the sperm is alive and they unite all that happens is a new human being is started at conception. Any disruption of that process, after conception, by unnatural causes, like abortion, is MURDER. Murder of a human being.

If the woman chooses to end a pregnancy she is a murderer. Capital murder.
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No, being a human being is a matter of genetics. That child is a human being without question. A genetically unique individual human. If a pregnant mother is killed two murders are prosecuted. There is no question as to the definition.

As to whether the child is alive - it thinks, it emotes, it has motor control... It reacts to pain, it takes in sustenance and eliminates waste. It is every bit as alive, with more complexity and signature than the bacteria inhabiting the very same space - That bacterium, which you will no doubt recognize as being alive.

There are creatures living in your body right now.

Who indeed. A legitimate test would require a trial and a judgement. Even without the interest of the child. The two parents have an equal interest, and either both should be coerce-able, or both should be able to quit claim, or both should be able to do either.

Certainly it is not right that the woman decides alone.

Viability is the true test.

92% of abortions occur in the first 13 weeks. A fetus at the stage would never survive in the natural world. Which is to be it's environment.

I never said a woman decides alone. But she certainly has the final call. She's the one that has to show up or not show up to the procedure.
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This is really really simple. There is no creating life. THE LIFE IS ALREADY THERE. There is only the continuation of life. If the egg is alive and the sperm is alive and they unite all that happens is a new human being is started at conception. Any disruption of that process, after conception, by unnatural causes, like abortion, is MURDER. Murder of a human being.

If the woman chooses to end a pregnancy she is a murderer. Capital murder.

Would she be charged with manslaughter is she does it w/o prior knowledge? Maybe she miscarries due to heavy drinking and smoking or other drug use. Is that manslaughter?
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Viability is the true test.

92% of abortions occur in the first 13 weeks. A fetus at the stage would never survive in the natural world. Which is to be it's environment.

I never said a woman decides alone. But she certainly has the final call. She's the one that has to show up or not show up to the procedure.

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A human being "at that stage" is surviving in the natural world.
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