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After birth abortion?
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After birth abortion?
Okay guys I would like to know.. is this article biased in either direction prolife or prochoice, and whether its assertions that the conclusions made are truly based upon prochoice stance?
I guess I'm confused because the article sets up "alleged" pro-choice talking points and then says "after birth argument follows that line just a little bit more.."
Is this legitimately cohesive?

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and...cide_.html

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SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND LIFE.
MARCH 12 2012 11:14 AM

After-Birth Abortion
The pro-choice case for infanticide. William Saletan

[Image: 140153907.jpg.CROP.rectangle3-large.jpg]A Dutch baby born on Feb. 29, 2012

Photograph by Robin Utrecht/AFP/Getty Images.
Just when you thought the religious right couldn’t get any crazier, with its personhood amendments and its attacks on contraception, here comes the academic left with an even crazier idea: after-birth abortion.
No, I didn’t make this up. “Partial-birth abortion” is a term invented by pro-lifers. But “after-birth abortion” is a term invented by two philosophers, Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva. In the Journal of Medical Ethics, they :

Quote:[W]hen circumstances occur after birth such that they would have justified abortion, what we call after-birth abortion should be permissible. … [W]e propose to call this practice ‘after-birth abortion’, rather than ‘infanticide,’ to emphasize that the moral status of the individual killed is comparable with that of a fetus … rather than to that of a child. Therefore, we claim that killing a newborn could be ethically permissible in all the circumstances where abortion would be. Such circumstances include cases where the newborn has the potential to have an (at least) acceptable life, but the well-being of the family is at risk.
If I were to create self aware beings knowing fully what they would do in their lifetimes, I sure wouldn't create a HELL for the majority of them to live in infinitely! That's not Love, that's sadistic. Therefore a truly loving god does not exist!

Quote:The sin is against an infinite being (God) unforgiven infinitely, therefore the punishment is infinite.

Dead wrong.  The actions of a finite being measured against an infinite one are infinitesimal and therefore merit infinitesimal punishment.

Quote:Some people deserve hell.

I say again:  No exceptions.  Punishment should be equal to the crime, not in excess of it.  As soon as the punishment is greater than the crime, the punisher is in the wrong.

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After birth abortion? - by Mystical - August 1, 2018 at 2:10 am
RE: After birth abortion? - by Tiberius - August 1, 2018 at 2:17 am
RE: After birth abortion? - by vulcanlogician - August 1, 2018 at 2:18 am
RE: After birth abortion? - by Mystical - August 1, 2018 at 2:48 am
RE: After birth abortion? - by Tiberius - August 1, 2018 at 12:17 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by SaStrike - August 1, 2018 at 2:23 am
RE: After birth abortion? - by Lucanus - August 1, 2018 at 2:24 am
RE: After birth abortion? - by Lucanus - August 1, 2018 at 3:00 am
RE: After birth abortion? - by Mystical - August 1, 2018 at 3:03 am
RE: After birth abortion? - by Aegon - August 1, 2018 at 9:12 am
RE: After birth abortion? - by vorlon13 - August 1, 2018 at 9:15 am
RE: After birth abortion? - by RoadRunner79 - August 1, 2018 at 9:55 am
RE: After birth abortion? - by sdelsolray - August 11, 2018 at 9:24 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by RoadRunner79 - August 11, 2018 at 11:55 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Minimalist - August 1, 2018 at 12:20 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Anomalocaris - August 1, 2018 at 12:25 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Neo-Scholastic - August 1, 2018 at 12:53 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by downbeatplumb - August 1, 2018 at 1:16 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Neo-Scholastic - August 1, 2018 at 3:00 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Seraphina - August 1, 2018 at 8:34 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Minimalist - August 1, 2018 at 1:25 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by The Industrial Atheist - August 1, 2018 at 1:39 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Amarok - August 1, 2018 at 1:47 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by vorlon13 - August 1, 2018 at 2:19 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by robvalue - August 1, 2018 at 5:28 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Amarok - August 1, 2018 at 3:02 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Mr.Obvious - August 1, 2018 at 3:20 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Anomalocaris - August 1, 2018 at 7:00 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Alexmahone - August 1, 2018 at 9:05 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Neo-Scholastic - August 1, 2018 at 11:03 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Seraphina - August 2, 2018 at 12:23 am
RE: After birth abortion? - by Mermaid - August 4, 2018 at 11:49 am
RE: After birth abortion? - by Neo-Scholastic - August 6, 2018 at 1:33 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Foxaèr - August 6, 2018 at 1:38 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Neo-Scholastic - August 6, 2018 at 2:49 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Mermaid - August 7, 2018 at 7:21 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Nay_Sayer - August 8, 2018 at 7:53 am
RE: After birth abortion? - by Minimalist - August 11, 2018 at 9:53 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Amarok - August 1, 2018 at 11:09 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Amarok - August 2, 2018 at 12:37 am
RE: After birth abortion? - by Mystical - August 2, 2018 at 1:45 am
RE: After birth abortion? - by Amarok - August 2, 2018 at 2:18 am
RE: After birth abortion? - by Mister Agenda - August 2, 2018 at 9:32 am
RE: After birth abortion? - by LadyForCamus - August 2, 2018 at 5:53 am
RE: After birth abortion? - by FatAndFaithless - August 2, 2018 at 8:41 am
RE: After birth abortion? - by Amarok - August 3, 2018 at 2:07 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Neo-Scholastic - August 2, 2018 at 9:15 am
RE: After birth abortion? - by bennyboy - August 3, 2018 at 5:44 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by LadyForCamus - August 4, 2018 at 11:40 am
RE: After birth abortion? - by Neo-Scholastic - August 6, 2018 at 3:08 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Neo-Scholastic - August 6, 2018 at 10:48 am
RE: After birth abortion? - by Amarok - August 6, 2018 at 2:08 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by LadyForCamus - August 6, 2018 at 2:29 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Amarok - August 6, 2018 at 3:05 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by LadyForCamus - August 6, 2018 at 3:12 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Amarok - August 6, 2018 at 3:16 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by LadyForCamus - August 6, 2018 at 3:35 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Amarok - August 6, 2018 at 3:52 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by LadyForCamus - August 6, 2018 at 4:01 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Amarok - August 6, 2018 at 3:12 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Catholic_Lady - August 6, 2018 at 4:12 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Mermaid - August 7, 2018 at 7:23 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Amarok - August 6, 2018 at 4:37 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by LadyForCamus - August 6, 2018 at 5:50 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Angrboda - August 6, 2018 at 4:48 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Amarok - August 6, 2018 at 4:56 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Neo-Scholastic - August 7, 2018 at 12:44 am
RE: After birth abortion? - by Catholic_Lady - August 7, 2018 at 8:10 am
RE: After birth abortion? - by Amarok - August 6, 2018 at 6:14 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Alexmahone - August 6, 2018 at 9:01 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by SaStrike - August 7, 2018 at 5:45 am
RE: After birth abortion? - by Mister Agenda - August 7, 2018 at 9:32 am
RE: After birth abortion? - by robvalue - August 7, 2018 at 10:41 am
RE: After birth abortion? - by Amarok - August 7, 2018 at 12:26 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Mister Agenda - August 8, 2018 at 8:56 am
RE: After birth abortion? - by Mister Agenda - August 9, 2018 at 8:57 am
RE: After birth abortion? - by vorlon13 - August 7, 2018 at 1:37 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Natachan - August 7, 2018 at 5:59 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by vorlon13 - August 7, 2018 at 7:23 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Catholic_Lady - August 7, 2018 at 7:30 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Mermaid - August 7, 2018 at 7:33 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - August 7, 2018 at 7:32 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Natachan - August 7, 2018 at 7:41 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Mermaid - August 7, 2018 at 7:43 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Natachan - August 8, 2018 at 10:26 am
RE: After birth abortion? - by Foxaèr - August 8, 2018 at 10:31 am
RE: After birth abortion? - by Angrboda - August 8, 2018 at 11:30 am
RE: After birth abortion? - by Catholic_Lady - August 13, 2018 at 12:09 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Angrboda - August 13, 2018 at 12:36 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Amarok - August 11, 2018 at 9:53 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Minimalist - August 12, 2018 at 1:06 am
RE: After birth abortion? - by Catholic_Lady - August 13, 2018 at 12:57 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Ravenshire - August 13, 2018 at 1:06 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Angrboda - August 13, 2018 at 1:37 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Catholic_Lady - August 13, 2018 at 3:35 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Angrboda - August 13, 2018 at 5:34 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Catholic_Lady - August 13, 2018 at 7:31 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Angrboda - August 13, 2018 at 7:52 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by vorlon13 - August 13, 2018 at 1:39 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by RoadRunner79 - August 13, 2018 at 3:42 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by vorlon13 - August 13, 2018 at 6:26 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Angrboda - August 13, 2018 at 6:39 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by RoadRunner79 - August 13, 2018 at 7:02 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by bennyboy - August 19, 2018 at 11:47 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Mister Agenda - August 13, 2018 at 6:15 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Whateverist - August 13, 2018 at 7:30 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Amarok - August 13, 2018 at 1:06 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by robvalue - August 13, 2018 at 1:27 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Amarok - August 13, 2018 at 3:59 pm
RE: After birth abortion? - by Angrboda - August 13, 2018 at 7:15 pm

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