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**Peterli** · 04-01-2007, 09:43 PM

You have to admit that it's a possibility...I mean, we are now looking at PB abortions, so what would be next......Makes me sick to think about it.

I would admit no such thing. The main objection (and probably a valid one) to partial birth abortion is the emotive argument against it - it looks awful and makes everyone sad. That is to say, if the fetus is capable of feeling pain, it is being brutalized (and if not, we feel brutalized on its behalf). However, the fetus is not a US citizen, as a baby who has been born is. There is no leap to "post-partum abortions", logical or otherwise. It would make as much sense to say, "what's next - the legalization of rape?"

It's just an attempt to poison the well with a straw-man argument.

04-01-2007, 09:43 PM	#13
Peterli Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 458 Senior Member	You have to admit that it's a possibility...I mean, we are now looking at PB abortions, so what would be next......Makes me sick to think about it. I would admit no such thing. The main objection (and probably a valid one) to partial birth abortion is the emotive argument against it - it looks awful and makes everyone sad. That is to say, if the fetus is capable of feeling pain, it is being brutalized (and if not, we feel brutalized on its behalf). However, the fetus is not a US citizen, as a baby who has been born is. There is no leap to "post-partum abortions", logical or otherwise. It would make as much sense to say, "what's next - the legalization of rape?" It's just an attempt to poison the well with a straw-man argument.
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