Post-viability

Some people believe abortion should be allowed until the moment of birth. I would like a justification, in the comments section, of why a 35-week fetus in the womb has less rights than a 30-week premature baby.

EDIT: Having chatted with some people, I have gotten an answer. They say it's so she doesn't have to give birth.

The problem with this is (unless she's gonna stay pregnant forever) that the only thing left to decide is if the baby will be born dead or alive.

Essentially, the baby can be killed to make birth easier.

:facepalm:

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Insanity

This article made me so angry.

The school board president's email is here. Do with it as you please.

Prenatal Right[s]s[/s]

I've noticed that many personhood bills grant only the right to life to the unborn, and not full personhood. Why is this?

I'm 12 years old and what is this?

No, I haven't been hacked by /b/tards.

I've got an experiment for you. Go to Omegle or any anonymous chatting service and pretend to be completely clueless about abortion. Get someone to mention abortion* and ask what it is.

Almost invariably, they will admit it kill a baby. This isn't an argument; it's just interesting how many people will say it kills babies and still defend it.

*How? Say you're pregnant or something; just do it!

Followup

Yesterday's post got me to thinkin'. How many of you would be interested in advocating a law that limits the number of hours a student can be required to work on schoolwork (dropping to zero on breaks, of course)?

Source?

"although that bill says nothing about abortion or reproductive rights, I have read that very carefully. There are nine amendments in the Senate and the House which have attempted to prevent taxpayer funding in that bill.

Rejected Senator Coburn, Senator Hatch, Senator McCloskey and Representatives Spitz and Gingrich. They've all been rejected. You know what the bill does say? And I can cite the page and the number.

There will be no health care until you are born. While that baby is in the mother, we don't count that as a person. I can cite the page and the number. Medicaid and CHIP will only cover, quote, "at the time of birth", close quote."

He never cites it. Anyone know if he's right?

Suggestions

I'm tired of being the "abortion and current events" guy.

Any ideas?

Turning women and their doctors into criminals?

So? By that logic, laws protecting children against abuse turn parents into criminals.

In both cases, they're only criminalized if they violate the rights of their offspring. Parents are not criminalized just for being parents.

I do not see how mothers and their doctors should be exempt from responsibility for their action just because.

Can anyone explain how this is anything more than an appeal to emotion?

SPLASH merch

Anyone got ideas?

And, from DFLA:

CAPPS AMENDMENT PERMITS TAXPAYER FUNDED ABORTIONS IN HEALTH CARE BILL A closer look at the health care reform bill passed by the Energy and Commerce Committee has revealed some troubling news: the Capps Amendment clearly permits taxpayer funded abortions. While the headline of one of the sections in the bill reads "Abortion Coverage Prohibited as Part of Minimum Benefits Package" , the reality is that it does not have the force of law and thus meaningless. The enforceable text is in the explanation of the section. which states that "the plan is not required (or prohibited) under this Act from providing coverage of services". In other words, abortion coverage is not required, but neither is it prohibited. In fact, each "premium rating area" must offer at least one health care plan that covers abortions and one that doesn't. Essentially, the section will allow health insurance companies to determine the services, which could include abortion. We had a partial victory in the Amendment which ensures that the Act will not preempt state law with respect to restrictions on abortion funding and laws requiring parental consent or notification. Second, it recognized conscience protections for health care workers. We should all appreciate the hard work by pro-lifeCongressman Bart Stupak. He is a true hero.

SPLASH site

SPLASH has a domain, but ockraz needs a template for the site.

Amend it! 2

Actually, I think such an amendment has already been proposed. Does anyone know what it's called or who proposed it?

Law

I was on a wikiwalk, and it struck me: if perjury is a crime, why even bother having people take an oath?

Also, is it a crime to accuse someone of a crime you kow they're innocent of?

Contests

The contests ended over 24 hours ago. No submissions.

I gave you over a month.

I still have readers, right?

Year of the Cat Productions

I will be starting a proper pwnage series as soon as Windows Movie Maker will export the [freaking] files. I have two videos ready to go but still in .MSWMM format.

Any tips? The files are all accessible and there's enough disk space, though it does randomly pause in preview.

And as for the name...

Readership

I was just curious of how many people read RotH on a regular basis. If you do, comment here.

Reducing Abortions

This goes out to all my readership: what ideas do you have for reducing abortions? I already have:

1. free, available, no-questions-asked contraception
2. actual sex ed
3. simplified adoption
4. removing the stigma on teen parenthood
5. improved welfare programs

Email!

I just emailed all US socialist parties that take a pro-abortion stance. Waiting for responses.

Logo

I am going to hold a logo contest for Restraint of the Heartless. This will be a logo for the blog, not me. The logo must:

1. ...include only three colors. From top to bottom they must be: white, green, black. Bonus points for incorporating them into the design.
2. ...be relatively simple, preferably easy to make into a favicon.
3. ...represent what this blog is and stands for.
4. ...represent this blog in a positive light.

What's in it for you? The winner will recieve recognition in a blog entry, get their logo on the site, recieve a free copy of any book I will write, and I will answer any six questions (s)he asks me, provided they are not too personally revealing.

Youtube5

I'll be uploading a proper pwnage video as soon and I can get Windows Movie Maker to export the stupid file.