'Born Alive' Baloney

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Illinois 92nd General Assembly. SB 1095, 22 Feb. 2001.

Illinois 92nd General Assembly. SB 1662, 30 Jan. 2002.

Illinois 93rd General Assembly. SB 1083, 19 Feb. 2003.

Illinois 94th General Assembly. HB 0984, 3 Feb. 2005.

Illinois Compiled Statutes. "Illinois Abortion Law of 1975." Accessed 17 Sep. 2008.

107th United States Congress. "Born Alive Infants Protection Act," 23 Jan. 2002.

Planned Parenthood of Illinois. "History of 'Born Alive' Infant Legislation in Illinois." Accessed 17 Sep. 2008.

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Posted By: paulte @ 12/04/2008 2:30:30 PM

No matter what your position on abortion is, all people should agree that no abortions should be performed after the 24th week of pregnancy for any reason except to actually save the life of the mother. This must mean that a woman would die if the baby is not aborted. That very, very rarely occurs since the advent of C-sections. And if medical science determines that viability is even earlier than the 24th week of pregnancy then the marker should be set there.

Indeed a decent society would prohibit all abortions after the first trimester to keep the marker a safe distance from the point of viability while still allowing for an abortion in the later timeframe to save the mother's life.
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Posted By: politics411 @ 10/15/2008 5:11:17 PM

I believe that abortion is an important issue in this election, just as important as the economy and the war. It is a shame that it is not argued in the debates or talked about more often. Life is extremely important. If we didn't have life, we wouldn't be here today! God gave us this great gift in the first place, so l think that we should fight to preserve it. We should respect all life and protect the unborn. I understand that many people in America support Obama, but I would like to pose an important question - How can we elect someone such as Obama to act as the protector of this great nation, when he won't even protect the defenseless of them all, the unborn child?
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Posted By: sueznewz @ 10/13/2008 1:07:45 PM

We have too many other issues besides "pro life, pro abortions" etc. How about working on the economy so poor people would do better at having and raising their chilfdren? As a pro life person, I'm also concerned about too many of our citizens dying in wars, killing themselves and their families when the economy is so bad, dying because they can't afford health care. Lets move on past the abortion issue, which is minor in numbers compared to other threats to "life". As a pro lifer too, I will also ask people to do their best to prevent pregnancies that don't don't want.... a lot of prevention is successful if done diligently and correctly. Practice control and accurate birth control. A lot of people I know with unwanted pregnancies didn't try to prevent them or were just careless. There are some exceptions of course.