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In reply to the discussion: Santorum: Our Abortion Was Different [View all]AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)49. Because 'health' is not 'life'.
Health includes things like future fertility, to try again. Life is life only.
Santorum's own sponsored bill has a single, solitary exception: to protect the life of the mother.
"A defendant accused of an offense under this section may seek a hearing before the State Medical Board on whether the physician's conduct was necessary to save the life of the mother whose life was endangered by a physical disorder, physical illness, or physical injury, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself."
We need to be accurate about this issue, or the right will easily dismiss it in the court of public opinion.
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Why should we express compassion & sympathy for a person who GOES OUT OF HIS WAY to be cold-hearted
baldguy
Jan 2012
#2
Nice. Abortions are bad for this GOPer except when his GOP family needs one. nt
Sarah Ibarruri
Jan 2012
#4
We should give out awards to the most hypocritical GOPer of the year. They're kings in that nt
Sarah Ibarruri
Jan 2012
#51
Standard GOP mind-set: It's wrong and should be illegal unless it directly affects me!
sinkingfeeling
Jan 2012
#6
It's a shame he can't extend sympathy to others in difficult situations and allow them
TwilightGardener
Jan 2012
#8
what a double-talking, conflating, rationalizing dumbass. I am sorry that they went through this -
Tuesday Afternoon
Jan 2012
#11
When a woman goes into labor after 20 weeks gestation, it is called preterm birth,
Arkansas Granny
Jan 2012
#14
I agree with you on this completely. Although I didn't specifically state it in my post,
Arkansas Granny
Jan 2012
#18
I think the Santorum's "fashioning" of the story is what is questionable here.
CTyankee
Jan 2012
#46
The only answer is that the Santorums were able to make medical decisions about the pregnancy
riderinthestorm
Jan 2012
#19
What's hypocritical is him saying that "health of the mother" exceptions are "phony".
moriah
Jan 2012
#29
Oh personally, I agree with you. But the more effective point imo, is that the Santorums had choices
riderinthestorm
Jan 2012
#30
I think a doctor could make a good case for that before the medical board.
AtheistCrusader
Jan 2012
#53
The only answer is that the Santorums were able to make medical decisions about the pregnancy
AlbertCat
Jan 2012
#44
Unless the source of the infection, the fetus, was removed from Karen...she would likely die.
rocktivity
Feb 2012
#55