LIFE, DEATH, AND POLITICSA run-down of the abortion debate.Few issues have fostered such controversy as has the topic of abortion. The participants in the abortion debate not only have firmly-fixed beliefs, but each group has a self-designated appellat...

Article: Rethinking the Abortion Debate from a Liberal Christian Perspective - A reexamination of the abortion debate from a liberal yet Christian perspective based on 1.) the compassion I feel for all living beings, 2.) a general conclusion based on what is possible politically to care for potential unwanted infants and thus 3.) an overall feeling of compassion and regard for the misery versus the health of women as well as society.

Although the two main sides of the abortion debate tend to agree that a human fetus is biologically and genetically human (that is, of the human species), they often differ in their view on whether or not a human fetus is, in any of various ways, a person. Pro-life supporters argue that abortion is morally wrong on the basis that a fetus is an innocent human person[57] or because a fetus is a potential life that will, in most cases, develop into a fully functional human being.[58] Others reject this position by drawing a distinction between human being and human person, arguing that while the fetus is innocent and biologically human, it is not a person with a right to life.[59] In support of this distinction, some propose a list of criteria as markers of personhood. For example, Mary Ann Warren suggests consciousness (at least the capacity to feel pain), reasoning, self-motivation, the ability to communicate, and self-awareness.[60] According to Warren, a being need not exhibit all of these ...

The latest state bill in a surge of similar moves by Republican legislators seeks to ban abortions 20 weeks after fertilization. Republicans regained majorities in the state Senate and House of Representatives in NovemberâÄôs election and have reignited the abortion debate since session opened in January. Other bills in the House and Senate would limit funding for state-supported health programs used for abortions. Sen. Gretchen Hoffman, R-Vergas, introduced the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act on Monday to protect innocent lives, she said.

The small-minded people of the abortion debate on Coffee House | Are men not allowed to talk about abortion any more? Ive lost count of the angry comments I…

Alta Charo, a professor of law and ethics, talks with Steve Inskeep about how medical progress has changed the abortion debate over the years.

Thank you for this post. I am a Christian, but believe that the abortion debate in our society can and should only be won with secular arguments. I havent been in Bobs position to ask that question because I dont know any pro-life secularists personally, but if I were, I would be asking so that I could personally know how to respond to my secular friends who are pro-abortion. I know that religious beliefs are not enough to convince them & I would want to know the secular reasons that abortion is wrong. How do you respond to someone who says abortion sometimes is the best way to care about another human being? What if the baby is severely disabled and will have a hard life? Also, how do you respond to someone who says it is okay to take another human life if that life is dependent on your body to survive? I have been shocked by some of the recent abortion discussions where people acknowledge that it takes a human life, but are okay with that because that life is dependent on the mother. People ...

Thank you for this post. I am a Christian, but believe that the abortion debate in our society can and should only be won with secular arguments. I havent been in Bobs position to ask that question because I dont know any pro-life secularists personally, but if I were, I would be asking so that I could personally know how to respond to my secular friends who are pro-abortion. I know that religious beliefs are not enough to convince them & I would want to know the secular reasons that abortion is wrong. How do you respond to someone who says abortion sometimes is the best way to care about another human being? What if the baby is severely disabled and will have a hard life? Also, how do you respond to someone who says it is okay to take another human life if that life is dependent on your body to survive? I have been shocked by some of the recent abortion discussions where people acknowledge that it takes a human life, but are okay with that because that life is dependent on the mother. People ...

The abortion debate should come to a screeching halt by answering one question: When does life begin? In the debate over embryonic stem cell research, Dr. Kelly Hollowell, who has a Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, made this telling statement:. As the nation sits embroiled over the battle of where to draw the line on ECSR (Embryonic Stem Cell Research), the real issue that truly divides us is whether embryonic stems represent a who or a what. In other words, are we talking about people or property?. In this abortion debate, when are we talking about people and not property?. We should first define life. Noah Websters primary definition of life in his 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language reads: In a general sense, that state of animals and plants, or of an organized being, in which its natural functions and motions are performed, or in which its organs are capable of performing their functions. [End of quote]. John C. Willke, MD, and his wife, Barbara H. Willke, RN, ...

Ellen, I truly dont understand how Christians can be so-called pro-choice on this issue. I get its a complex matter, the whole where does life begin debate, etc. But I dont understand how we would leave the decision of life or death of a baby up to another human being, and with no regard to a common, social moral about the matter. We are civilized people, a democracy no less, that get the opportunity to speak to this issue as a whole. This is not Christianity vs. Pagan talk, this is a common basis for morality. Where it likely becomes religious, is in how different people value and view human life. The Peter Singers of the world would simply say there is no different in a baby rabbit than there is in human baby: A rat is a pig is a dog. This attitude toward life is prevalent, and these are they that, thought they may not be pro-abortion, they certain dont care too much.. Planned Parenthood receives government funding. They are the largest provider of abortion services. This makes ...

Science for Unborn Human Life is a concise and factual website summarizing the latest scientific and medical research proving early embryonic and fetal development. I have been a practicing obstetrician and gynecologist for more than 25 years and have seen many advances in the science of medicine but none more striking and dramatic than our knowledge about early fetal development. Seeing a baby s heartbeat using ultrasound only 4 weeks after conception and hearing the heartbeat of an unborn child with simple Doppler only 7 weeks after conception is verification that there is a human life at this very early gestation. It is now impossible to deny this overwhelming scientific evidence. And it is impossible to refer to a two-month fetus (the most common gestation age for an elective abortion) as a blob of tissue , as is frequently done at abortion clinics, rather than describe it as the fully developed human being that it has already become. I highly endorse and recommend this website to all who ...

IN 2001, Steven Levitt of the University of Chicago proposed an explanation for why the crime in the U.S. declined so dramatically since the 1990s. Understandably, the kneejerk reaction of the left overshadowed the merits of the study. Unfortunately, the rights fixation on pro life is preventing potentially good policy. The category of abortions for genetic defects will probably keep rising as the technology to detect in utero defects improves. If technology becomes sufficiently advanced to screen for all phenotypes, will more utilitarians and libertarians and even mainstream conservatives condone abortions or genetic engineering, if it would save money or improve society as whole?. Imagine if in the future we can isolate the genes for low IQ or criminality, would it be moral to abort as early as possibly since they would be a drag on society? Billions are spent on long term incarceration with no slowdown in sight as the US population keeps growing. An IQ of around 85, or about two standard ...

Zoey Pulte wears an orange dot on her forehead as she and her mother, Amanda who is opposed to an abortion bill, listen to Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, as she filibusters in an effort to kill the abortion bill, Tuesday, June 25, 2013, in Austin, Texas. The bill would ban abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy and force many clinics that perform the procedure to upgrade their facilities and be classified as ambulatory surgical centers. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) less ...

During last weeks heated debate in Floridas House of Representatives over a misguided measure to require pregnant woman to pay for an ultrasound before obtaining an abortion, Representative Janet Long of Tampa, a progressive and highly-regarded member of the Democratic caucus, made a statement in opposition to the bill that was as rhetorically compelling as it was intellectually concerning. She told opponents: Stand down if you dont have ovaries.. The remark proved memorable enough that it was picked up by New York Times opinion columnist Charles Blow, whose otherwise excellent Op-Ed on the wave of anti-abortion legislation that is sweeping through state legislatures made an explicit endorsement of this sentiment. The underlying premise seems to be that since women are the ones forced to bring unwanted fetuses to term when abortion rights are curtailed, they have a greater stake in the outcome of such debates -- and therefore more right to influence policy on the subject.. I can sympathize ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Justin Biebers mom wants to set the record straight: Shes not interested in the political fray on abortion as she promotes Crescendo, a new film she hopes will raise $10 million for centers that help pregnant girls.Pattie Mallette, an unmarried teen herself when she had Bieber, signed on as an executive producer after the film was finished. She said Thursday that she connected personally with the story about a suicide and abortion attempt by Beethovens mother.The

************************************************** This club is a place for Abortion Debaters to bring their thoughts and feelings to the table. Prolifers and Prochoicers are welcome. This is an moderated club but no posts will be deleted unless *trolls* cannot restrain themselves from posting. Reminder this an Adult Club so treat it as such.

Attached to the charges of bigotry are calls for the liberalisation of abortion in Ireland. In fact, it is fair to note that more concern has been given to this set of arguments than to the poor Halapanavars.. Par for the course, the liberal media is led by the Guardian newspaper. The Guardian quotes Savitas mother as saying, How many more cases will there be? The rules should be changed as per the requirement of Hindus. We are Hindus, not Christians. Astonishingly, only towards the end of this article is an obstetricians view actually noted. Dr Gerry Whyte, at Trinity College, Dublin, noted that a termination of a miscarrying baby would have been legal within Irish law if deemed absolutely necessary to save the life of a mother. He concluded, Now clearly the case raises issues that I couldnt comment on about medical judgments, about whether or not termination of the pregnancy would have saved her life or not. Elsewhere, another doctor noted, Infection can come out of nowhere and kill ...

Bacteria form the most abundant domain of the Prokaryotic kingdom and are among the earliest forms of life on Earth. Notwithstanding their small size and primitive origin, bacteria still have a tremendous impact on everyday human life. Over the centuries, research into bacteria have provided and enriched the fundamental biological knowledge due to their readily measured processes and effects on higher organisms. Although molecular genetics and microbiology were among the scientific fields that have mostly benefited from the discoveries made in bacteria, our current state of knowledge has gone beyond what anyone could have ever imagined. The present Research Topic aims to cover new and exciting broad aspects of the importance of bacteria to human life, both positive and negative influences. Regulation of bacterial gene expression, replication and segregation control mechanisms, cell to cell communication via quorum sensors, and the relatively recent finding of bacterial immunity via CRISPR, have led to

Note: We ran this post in June of 2016. Today is Sanctity of Human Life Sunday: On January 13, 1984, President Ronald Reagan issued a proclamation designating January 22 as the first National Sanctity of Human Life Day. (January 22,...

Note: We ran this post in June of 2016. Today is Sanctity of Human Life Sunday: On January 13, 1984, President Ronald Reagan issued a proclamation designating January 22 as the first National Sanctity of Human Life Day. (January 22,...

The murder conviction in Philadelphia of abortion provider Dr. Kermit Gosnell in the deaths of three babies and one of his female patients is likely to

One of the last people seated in the witness box at Dr. Kermit Gosnell's murder trial was a character witness for a co-defendant, and had nothing to do with Gosnell's abortion clinic.

In Floridas legislature, teenagers ears must be protected from talk about sexual health, but there are no comparable concerns about firearms.

This is the sixth week of the trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell, the physician charged with five counts of murder in the deaths of a woman and infants at the

ABOUT a month back, a pro-life activist took offence at the conclusion in this newspaper that legislation for the X case had become the bare minimum in terms of the direction of Governm

Anti-abortion campaigners point to Iceland, where a low number of people are born with Downs syndrome, ahead of Fridays vote.

The first cell of a new and unique human life begins existence at the moment of conception when one living sperm from the father joins with one living ovum from the mother.

Initially, it may seem perfectly licit to use aborted fetuses: Is it not right and natural to create some good out of a bad, even evil, situation?

Geneticist Ricki Lewis wrote an article in late 2013 called When Does a Human Life Begin? 17 Timepoints. The article was brought to my attention today which…

By Katie K. - Marysville, Ohio. Editors note. As Scott Fischbach wrote yesterday, we are posting all four winners of the Senior Division of the 2021 NRLC Essay contest this week and all four Junior Division winners next week. Each contestant was asked to write an essay of 500 or fewer words on the simple but fundamental question of Why are you pro-life?. There is irrevocable value in every human life. While I have believed this since I was young, I recognized it most vividly as I recently watched my forty-four year old mother give birth to my sister. The pregnancy was unplanned, and in the eyes of some, inconvenient or even dangerous. Yet, standing in the hospital room watching Mollys birth, I felt nothing but gratefulness for the blessing of life. At the same time, however, staring at our precious, unexpected gift, I was thoroughly sickened by one harsh reality-in some states, my parents could have legally ended Mollys innocent life just hours before she took her first breath. On a ...

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Even the champions of secular individual rights understand that they attribute such rights to a person who somehow deserves a certain dignity.

Anti-aging research is not just a dream of the future. Already, science has increased the average human life span. But what's next?

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We can no longer base our ethics on the idea that human beings are a special form of creation, made in the image of God...Once the religious mumbo-jumbo surrounding the term human has been stripped away, we may continue to see normal members of our species as possessing greater qualities of rationality, self-consciousness, communication and so on than members of any other species, but we will not regard as sacrosanct the life of every member of our species, no matter how limited its capacity for intelligent or even conscious life may be... If we can put aside the obsolete and erroneous notion of the sanctity of all human life, we may start to look at human life as it really is, at the quality of human life that each human being has or can achieve. ...

While the technology treads into uncomfortable territory for social conservatives at first glance, its possible that the prospect of taking the abortion debate in a whole new direction could engender support for the artificial womb. Since [the EUSD] gives some justification to end abortion, by transferring fetuses from mother to machine, conservatives will probably rally around it, says Zoltan Istvan, a transhumanist politician and journalist who ran for U.S. president in 2016. To some extent, Deen agrees with Istvan, provided we get to a point when the artificial womb is already a reality.. The world has a way of moving forward despite the fear of its inhabitants, Deen notes. If the technology gets developed, I could not see any Christians, liberal or conservative, arguing that people seeking abortion ought not opt for a transfer versus an abortive procedure.. So then how realistic is a full-blown artificial womb? The researchers at the Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia have noted ...

It is a commonplace of Catholic theology that infants, even in the womb, who are killed from odium fidei, hatred of the faith, may be regarded as having undergone a Baptism of blood. The question we wish to raise is whether it is possible and desirable to regard all aborted children, without exception, as supernaturally included within the embrace of divine redemption, to the point, indeed, that the Church, by a solemn act, could declare publicly their martyr status, and invite their intercession.. A culture of death (John Paul II) is a pattern of assumptions and attitudes, found in both the sensibilities of individual persons and the structures of corporate institutions in civil society, the effect of which is to render parents, doctors and lawmakers insensitive to the sacred dignity of human life - especially unborn human life in its mothers womb. Such life, like all human life, already embodies, through the act of creation, the image of God, but it is a specifying feature of the unborn ...

The Eight Amendment of the Irish Constitution in 1983 gave explicit recognition of the right to life of the unborn child. In the context of an vociferous campaign to promote abortion in Ireland, the possibility of repeal-ing that amendment is being considered by the Irish Citizens Assembly. They expect to complete a report on the issue in the Spring. Here is a submission by one of our Irish colleagues who works in the UK.. From a scientific perspective there is no doubt that human life begins at conception. From this very beginning a new individual with its own unique DNA is in existence. It is considered natural to value and protect human life and especially to protect lives that are considered most vulnerable. It is in our very nature to want to help victims of disasters whether natural, such as earthquakes, or created by man such as war and famine. To want to protect human life in the womb is also natural, especially when we see that life at this very vulnerable stage is under threat in many ...

In the abortion debate a lot of effort goes into addressing the exact point at which a legally relevant distinct human entity begins. Scientifically and Medically theres not much question as to when a new living human organism begins, it starts at conception. Period. But the Roe v. Wade case, and much of the legal…

One of the most maddening things to me in this cultural conflict that is the abortion debate is the stubborn and willful ignorance of the opposition. So many of them intentionally ignore the direct object of abortion…the entity which abortion targets and kills…the reason abortion exists…and speak only of the woman who carries the entity…

Then the participants were given an open-ended essay question and asked to answer, from a biological perspective, the question When does a humans life begin?. - Ninety percent of biologists who described themselves as very pro-life said at the moment of fertilization; Almost 75 percent of those who called themselves pro-choice, and approximately 60 percent of those who identified themselves as very pro-choice, answered the same.. When Jacobs began his research about the American abortion debate for a qualitative research class, he surveyed 2,899 American adults and discovered that a large majority of respondents believe that the question When does a humans life begin? is important to the discussion. The poll also revealed that 81 percent of respondents, including a larger share of pro-abortion individuals, selected biologists as the group most qualified to determine when a humans life begins.. Jacobs research also suggests that 83 percent of pro-choice participants surveyed ...

Op-Ed article by Prof Paul Bloom says people turn to science to ask when life begins in hope that objective answer will settle abortion debate once and for all; says that question is not really about life in biological sense, it is asking about magical moment at which cluster of cells becomes more than mere physical thing; says it is a question about the soul; says qualities of mental life associated with souls are purely corporeal, emerging from biochemical processes in the brain; says moral qualities result from brain processes that emerge gradually in both development and evolution; says there is no moment when soulless body becomes ensouled one, so scientific research cannot provide objective answers to that question; drawing (M)

I was a teen when the 1st abortion debates came on the table/news. And even back then I realized one thing. Also I personally do not see it right, - I cant have a say about it. Simply because I am a MALE. So for me the whole abortion issue is 100% an issue to be decided by the females. This said, I might have opened a can of worms with this. I think that some issues should be handed by referendums. And some issues should even then be given to be voted on by the members/gender/age-group to who the issue is relevant. Though I cant off hand right now list any other issue for the exception of abortion, - not enough coffee yet - I do strongly support single issue referrendums for the parties concerned only, and the rest of us to simply butt out ...

I read rather widely and this new law has barely gotten any attention.This law will strengthen the informed consent process around prenatal testing. Spread the word - this may be one of the most significant disability rights laws that we have seen in a very long time. It doesnt matter what side of the abortion debate you may be on - this law is a major step forward in providing real support for families and children ...

Seems like ever since the FDA announced that two more women have died after taking RU-486, one of the drugs used during a medical abortion, the abortion debate has reached a new pitch as pro-lifers have eagerly added this news to their arsenal and pro-choicers have feverishly girded themselves for pitched battle. Naturally, this has been refle ...

Thank you for reading Marys post: In studying the technique of writing I have learned that the works that resonate most with readers/movie audiences are those that penetrate the heart. A great story moves the readers soul. In order to do that, a great writer must be willing to expose his/her own heart and soul.. It is the same with creating memorable characters in your writing. Writers must explore and develop the psyche of both their protagonists and antagonists and must be brave enough to delve into the Dark Side and uncover the Shadow Soul.. Through my research into this topic, I have reached certain irrefutable conclusions about the human soul which have been rocketed into stark focus by the abortion debate. Ireland is holding a referendum in May 2018 to decide whether to honor and uphold the rights of unborn babies, and I have taken a hard look at the pros and cons of the issue during the past months.. We know that the instant a persons soul leaves his/her body, the body falls to the ...

While top state officials say theyre largely swearing off divisive social issues this legislative session in favor of focusing on school funding and property tax relief, advocates on both sides of the abortion debate are getting ready for the next round.

A political movement in the United States seeks to define the beginning of human personhood as starting from the moment of fertilization with the result being that abortion, as well as forms of birth control that act to deprive the human embryo of necessary sustenance in implantation, could become illegal.[25][26] Supporters of the movement also state that it would have some effect on the practice of in-vitro fertilization (IVF), but would not lead to the practice being outlawed.[27] Jonathan F. Will says that the personhood framework could produce significant restrictions on IVF to the extent that reproductive clinics find it impossible to provide the services.[28] Currently, the personhood movement is led by the Personhood Alliance, a coalition of state and national personhood organizations headquartered in Washington DC.[29] The Personhood Alliance was founded in 2014 and currently has 22 affiliated organizations.[30] A significant number of the state affiliates of the Personhood Alliance ...

Personhood USA apparently sees itself as the new, hipper, more effective incarnation of the anti-abortion movement. Personhood USA hopes that by establishing the pre-born, as legal persons with protection under the law it will end the injustice of abortion. Its attempt to do this last November through a personhood ballot measure in Colorados failed miserably. Nevertheless, Personhood USA, is committed to working tirelessly to establish personhood in every State. What supporters of this approach dont mention is that if the unborn have legal personhood rights, pregnant women wont. There is really no way around this. As National Advocates for Pregnant Womens video demonstrates, if successful, this strategy will mean that upon become pregnant, women will lose their civil and human rights. As Angela Carder learned it is not just life vs. choice - but life vs. life. Angela Carder, 25 weeks pregnant, was critically ill. More than anything, she wanted to live. A court, however, ordered ...

Some of our supporters have asked whether the Brady Amendment is a personhood amendment. The answer is yes! A personhood measure is any proposal that constitutionally seeks to recognize (without exceptions) that unborn babies are persons deserving of our love and protection by law.. In the infamous 1973 decision of Roe v. Wade, Justice Harry Blackmun wrote that:. If this suggestion of personhood is established, the case for abortion, of course, collapses, for the fetus right to life would then be guaranteed.. One need look no further than the section of the Colorado law that deals with homicide to see how central the concept of personhood is: the homicide section is appropriately titled Offenses Against the Person. The Brady Amendment recognizes that all human beings, not just those who are born, are persons and amends the criminal code to that effect!. The language from the Brady Amendment that makes it a Personhood measure is the following:. Section 2. In the interest of the protection of ...

A pregnant 16-year-old in the Dominican Republic became the center of the abortion debate when she died last Friday amid reports that doctors had delayed administering chemotherapy out of fear that it could terminate her pregnancy and violate the Dominican Republics strict anti-abortion law. But her doctor said it was the wait for test results, not abortion ban, that delayed her treatment.

Not only that, but the president of the Family Research Council, Tony Perkins, stated in his endorsement: Other states should draw inspiration from the commitment and perseverance of those behind the California Human Rights Amendment. This is not about party affiliation or ideology. This is about recognizing the sanctity of human life and citizens obligation to enact laws to protect it.. Likewise, Fr. Thomas Euteneuer, president of Human Life International, applauded the California initiative: Lets start healing this national shame by affirming the personhood of every human being - in law - and start living as if we meant it.. Even as Dred Scott was considered less than fully human, such is the case for the preborn babies in the womb, said Dr. Alveda King in her endorsement of the CHRA.. Dr. Clenard Childress of BlackGenocide.org pointed out that human personhood is the crux of the nations struggle against racism. Our prayer is that personhood would be restored to its proper place in ...

The view that a personhood law or a personhood amendment to a state constitution would outlaw abortion is widespread among the public. Furthermore, pro-abortion proponents, and even a trial court judge, claim that legally defining the word person to include every human being from the moment of conception would also outlaw or restrict embryonic stem cell research, in vitro fertilization, birth control, and treatment necessary to save a pregnant womans life. However, the legal recognition of personhood for a zygote, embryo, or fetus would not outlaw abortion, or anything else, just like legal recognition for an adult does not outlaw the death penalty.. The Constitution does not provide an unconditional right to life to any person. Moreover, the Constitution does not even mention a right to life. Consequently, it is important to examine the ways in which life is protected by the Constitution.. To begin, the Constitution contains two provisions that provide absolute protections of life. ...

On 8 September 2011 the Anscombe Bioethics Centre (a Roman Catholic organisation named after the philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe) organised the conference Human Embryo Research: Law, Ethics and Public Policy. This was topical, in a month when it was announced that Europes first clinical trials using human embryonic stem cells to treat Stargardts macular degeneration (an incurable disease causing blindness in youth) would take place in the UK.. Broadly speaking, there are three positions in respect of human embryo research: an absolute prohibition, ascribing the highest moral value of personhood to embryos; a gradualist compromise, ascribing some intermediary special value to embryos; and no prohibition, with the embryo akin to human tissue with no special moral value. Variations in different countries policies depend largely on the way these perspectives clash.. The morning speakers at the conference presented the different conservative legal rationales that form the basis of laws governing ...

Spirituality is not an optional extra in a healthcare system that generally describes itself as holistic. Along with the physical, the patients need for psychological, spiritual, and emotional care form a quadrilateral generally accepted by healthcare professionals. This amalgam of needs is felt and addressed by persons in their unique life narrative; personhood is thus the pivotal point for discussing spirituality. Personhood in this discussion is distinguished from other person-like terms, such as personality, personal identity, personalism, and individual. It will be argued, first, that personhood can be reduced to thinghood, particularly when a person is reduced to component parts, rather than treated as an indivisible unity of body, mind, and spirit. Questions are also raised about patients as persons, and whether or not a human being can be a non-person. In the second section, the focus is on Annie and her ontological plea. In a culture of autonomous individual rights where rationality is

PERSONHOOD is the key to ENDING child-murder-by-abortion. A plain reading of the 5th and 14th Amendments of the U.S. Constitution, and analogous due process and equal protection language in the State Constitutions [ for example, Article I., Section 3. of the South Carolina Constitution ], indicates that legal status and therefore protection of constitutional rights, is granted to PERSONS in these provisions. The issue of personhood for the fetus as being the preeminently critical issue was specifically addressed by a US Supreme Court Justice during the October 11, 1972 Roe v. Wade Oral Reargument.. [ Go to these internet links to both a transcript and the actual audio of the October 11, 1972 Roe v. Wade Oral Reargument. ]. Provided below are four examples of legal experts supporting State-level Personhood legislation in SC, MISS, ALA, and OK:. 1) Herb Titus is an attorney, constitutional scholar, author, the founding Dean of College of Law/Govt at Regent University.. 2) Mathew Staver is ...

Consequently, one of the most widely debated topics in the field of bioethics is to determine when human life begins, and particularly to define the biological status of the human embryo, particularly the early embryo, i.e. from impregnation of the egg by the sperm until its implantation in the maternal endometrium.. Irrespective of this, though, this need to define when human life begins (see our article is also due to the fact that during the early stages of human life - approximately during its first 14 days - this young embryo is subject to extensive and diverse threats that, in many cases, lead to its destruction (see HERE).. These threats affect embryos created naturally, mainly through the use of drugs or technical procedures used in the control of human fertility that act via an anti-implantation mechanism, especially intrauterine devices (as DIU); this is also the case of drugs used in emergency contraception, such as levonorgestrel or ulipristal-based drugs (see HERE), because both act ...

Theyre back. Like a bad dream. After a solid rejection by 73 percent of Colorado voters in 2008, an anti-choice group, Personhood USA, has returned with another slightly different proposed constitutional amendment to confer legal personhood on zygotes.. If passed, Amendment 62 would apply the term person to every human being from the beginning of the biological development of that human being.. Deceptive, dangerous and misleading, is what Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains spokesperson Monica McCafferty calls it. Its an extreme measure that is more than a sneaky attempt to ban abortion. The ACLU and other pro-choice groups contend that the amendment would not only prohibit abortions but could be used to block stem-cell research and curtail access to in-vitro fertilization and even common forms of contraception.. This is clearly its intention. Our decision to use the words the beginning of biological development of a human being as opposed to the moment of fertilization ...

Abstract: Quality of life and definitions of death are both often based on the concept of personhood - a status given by one human being to another as a result of their relationship and successful interaction. Unfortunately, this important attribute is frequently not given to individuals who do not have the ability to communicate or to interact with others. My research is concerned with enhancing the quality of life of non-communicative persons and their caregivers by using novel technologies to reveal and elicit signs of their personhood. Through my research, I have developed technologies based on signals from the autonomic nervous systems of children with severe and profound disabilities that can be used to reveal responses to external stimuli, and as the source of physiologically-generated music (e.g. biomusic). I have also developed technologies based on electroencephalographic (EEG) signals recorded directly from the brain that may be used to assess levels of consciousness and cognitive ability in

The topic of personhood and abortion is a very controversial one. I agree with Marquis and Thomsons theory on how personhood does not settle the ethical

For a long time, this news site prominently featured the missives of the South Carolina personhood movement on our pages. And we probably will again as this years personhood bill - S. 217 - makes its way through the S.C. General Assembly.. This proposed legislation cleared the S.C. Senate judiciary committee earlier this week - albeit quite contentiously. A lengthy hearing on the bill exposed the extent to which state lawmakers are deeply divided on the issue - at times embarrassingly so.. The measure is now headed to the full Senate, where advocates on both sides of the debate are up in arms - threatening to shut down the chamber over its procedural future.. Tensions are running high … and it seems unlikely cooler heads will prevail.. We have no doubt most supporters of this proposed legislation are profoundly well-intentioned. And with a few minor modifications, we believe their bill would be an important and long-overdue assertion of the primacy of the right to life in this state (and this ...

Well-known advocates include primatologist Jane Goodall, who was appointed a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations to fight the bushmeat trade and end ape extinction; Richard Dawkins, former Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University; Peter Singer, professor of philosophy at Princeton University; and attorney and former Harvard professor Steven Wise, founder and president of the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP), whose aim is to work through U.S. common law on a state-by-state basis to achieve recognition of legal personhood for great apes and other self-aware, autonomous nonhuman animals; all advocate for great ape personhood.[2][16] In December 2013, the NhRP filed three lawsuits on behalf of four chimpanzees being held in captivity in New York State, arguing that they should be recognized as legal persons with the fundamental right to bodily liberty (i.e. not to be held in captivity) and that they are entitled to common law writs of habeas corpus and should be ...

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The Collaborative Research Laboratory of Human Life CORD Applied Cell Medicine. This laboratory was established by Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine and Human Life CORD inc. with the aim of developing preventive and therapeutic measures for sarcopenia.. Sarcopenia, which has a phenotype of skeletal muscle atrophy, muscle weakness, and physical function decline, is attracting attention as a pathological condition that is greatly related to healthy life expectancy in Japan, a super-aged society.. On the other hand, the preventive/therapeutic intervention measures for this pathological condition are limited, and the development of more aggressive intervention measures is desired in the future.. In the department of Community Healthcare & Geriatrics, (geriatrics), we have been continuously conducting basic research on sarcopenia. Based on these experiences, the purpose of this collaborate research laboratory is to clarify the effects of cell therapy using umbilical cord-derived ...

Much of the subsequent media attention focused on discussions about the beginning of life and what value should be attributed to it at what stages of development.. The Conservative Party was gathering for its Annual Conference and quite possibly would have preferred not to have to wade deeply into a controversial discussion about termination of pregnancy. The media, however, was more than delighted and the news has been widely discussed over the last days in print, on television and on radio, culminating in the illustrious BBC Newsnights coverage on Monday night. BBC abortion debate. An unforgettable highlight from other coverage for those who, like myself, take a scientific as well as ethical perspective, on the abortion debate, has to be the attempts by a representative of major UK abortion provider bpas (British Pregnancy Advisory Service) to respond to a BBC interviewers question as to when does life begin. BBC Interview. Asked three times what her explanation would be for the beginning of ...

Some of the most heated rhetoric surrounding a proposed ban on most abortions in the state has swirled around a single family: Tiffany and Chris Campbell of Sioux Falls and their 18-month-old son, Brady.

That General Synod, having received the report of the Social Responsibilities Commission and noting the issues raised by the book Making Babies: The Test Tube and Christian Ethics published at the request of the Commission, expresses its unqualified opposition to any form of live human embryo research for any purpose. Copies of this resolution to be forwarded to the Federal and all State Attorneys-General.. (Rev. A.C. Nichols, 31.8.85). ...

This month, Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry and Rick Santorum have all signed a pledge to support personhood at conception that was crafted by Personhood USA, a Colorado group that has continued to push the idea in several states.. Mrs. Bachmann, Mr. Gingrich and Mr. Santorum have also agreed to celebrate the personhood concept in a Presidential Pro-Life Forum in Iowa next Tuesday, Dec. 27, that will be moderated by the conservative radio host Steve Deace and broadcast live on his syndicated program. The 90-minute tele-town hall is being hosted by Personhood USA and co-sponsored by several of the countrys most conservative evangelical Christian groups including The Call, Liberty Counsel and the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Coalition. An invitation has been extended to the remaining G.O.P. presidential candidates, Personhood USA said in a news release.. ...

Last year's GOP takeover of the U.S. House and statehouses across the country has dramatically changed the shape of the nation's abortion debate.

Posted on 05/11/2012 7:30:11 PM PDT by Morgana. OTTAWA, May 11, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - At the March for Life 2012 Mass celebrated in Ottawa s Notre Dame Cathedral yesterday, Archbishop Terrence Prendergast welcomed the enthusiastic and standing-room-only crowd before launching into a homily dissecting the my body, my choice slogan, arguing that it espouses a false sense of personhood. Today as a culture here in Canada we tend to prize our individuality as a false sense of autonomy over relationships, community engagement and duty. In the abortion debate, individual autonomy is often at the core of discussion, the archbishop pointed out. You ve heard the slogan my body, my choice offered as a discussion ending argument. But this is a false sense of personhood. God made us for relationships within and with one another. Our choices affect not only our lives, but also those of our family, our friends and the larger community. Our decisions have an impact beyond the limits of our own bodies, our ...

And thats the point. The culture of death would argue that the term should refer to only those who are born. Yet, the fact is that common sense would take issue with this kind of discriminatory segregation, for it sets aside an entire class of humans and alleges that they are less than equal to the rest of us.. And now people are trying to assign personhood to elephants? Take note please that the cadre of those attempting to achieve personhood for animals and other entities is growing. In fact, in a relevant article on this little known fact, Professor Dianne Irving warned, There is nothing more that these proponents of non-human personhood and of human non-personhood would like better than to have pro-life personhood bills and other legal documents define person in ways that would at least include non-human animals. Example: if person is defined as including all human beings- where human persons are included but the legal door is left open for non-human persons to be included ...

Being fully pro-life means seeing the value of every human being, even in the midst of disability and suffering. A mom shares her familys story of personhood.

Sadly, by granting equivalent legal rights to fertilized eggs, the personhood amendment may tip the scales and begin prioritizing the zygote over the pos...

Guest Post by Goutham Shivshankar A recent development in Indian environmental jurisprudence, has been the grant of legal personhood to nature, or more accurately, several natural geographical features. This was done, initially through two orders dated 30.12.2016 and 20.03.2017 passed by the Utt ...

From the movies Terminator to Blade Runner, images of cyborgs have captivated many audiences. Yet now, what once was seen as science fiction is apart of everyday scientific explorations. The

Personhood is the pro-life battle-ground of the 21st century. Throughout the history of the Church the doctrinal teaching of the

Amphiox Says, yes it was, sorry, but I was replying only to the various ideas postulated, not any particular commentor. Personhood of the HOST is the primary question under attack which fuels the entire abortion debate, but I think thats what you meant. The pro-slavery position implicitly denies the humanity of the host, and so its prudent to constantly remind them of that. Most importantly, the kidney argument (or however people usually refer to it) is the ONLY argument in support of abortion rights for which no actual rebuttal exists. Strategy-wise, its the only argument worth pursuing.. We have to be careful with our distinctions or it will bite us later. For instances, there are many women who desire equality with men but whats so wonderful about the right to dominate others since that is the precise right which men do indeed claim for themselves? Plus it begs the question: if everyone is equally able to dominate, then who precisely is left to dominate? And if a woman doesnt think men ...

Chervenak and McCullough see this point of view as simplifying the whole abortion debate because it prevents ethical analysis of induced abortion and feticide in medical ethics from being paralyzed by divisive debates about a fetal right to life that have been going on for decades, indeed centuries, without any basis for resolution. They state, The ethical concept of the fetus as a patient does not require appeal to the discourse of fetal rights.. Thus the article quickly disregards that all-important line from the Declaration of Independence: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. Note that the Declaration did not say born equal, but created equal. There can be no dispute that the creation of a unique human life occurs at the moment when an egg is fertilized, not at the moment of birth. Thus human rights begin even ...

The abortion debate revolves around a number of questions. Does a woman have a right to her body that the fetus cannot take away? Does this right mean that a woman has a right to unplug from the fetus? Or, does the fetus have a right to life that is binding on the woman and her body and that outweighs any rights held by the woman, requiring her to give birth? Is a fetus only a fetus or is it a person that deserves rights and protections? Does human life begin at conception or at birth? Is destroying a fetus akin to killing a human or murder? What about the biological father? What rights does he have over a fetus? If the woman seeks an abortion, can he prevent it? And, what if she wants to give birth to a child, while he does not want it to happen? What say does he have? Is this, therefore, simply a question of the womans rights, or the mans rights as well? Is a woman responsible for actions and behavior that may lead to an unwanted pregnancy, making her responsible for the fetus even if ...

Contraception. The Assemblies of God, finding no clear scriptural mandate, does not take an official stand on the appropriateness of contraception within a heterosexual marriage for purposes of regulating the number of children, determining the time of their birth, or safeguarding the health of the mother. These are matters of personal conscience as godly spouses prayerfully covenant with God about the growth of their families. While there are important ethical issues in determining to have a family, the prevention of pregnancy is understood to be qualitatively different from the termination of pregnancy since the sperm has not fertilized the ovum and human life has not yet begun. The biological processes themselves teach us that in Gods creative design not every sperm or ovum is intended to survive and unite. It should be remembered, however, that some methods commonly regarded as contraception, such as the IUD and the morning-after pill, are actually agents that abort, rather than prevent, ...

The research, published in the Dec. 15 issue of Science, identifies and describes a gene that has been manipulated in the laboratory so that its normal activity decreases, thereby permitting the fruit fly to live longer.. This gene - named Indy in homage to the tagline Im Not Dead Yet in the 1975 comedy, Monty Python & The Holy Grail - has been subjected to multiple, independent mutations that all result in extended life span. This is equivalent to an average human life span of 150 years. Crucially, quality of life is not sacrificed in these long-lived fruit flies. They also remain physically and sexually active longer.. In both humans and fruit flies, the Indy gene is found where the body stores energy and uses it. Indy absorbs essential nutrients through the gut, concentrates them in the liver, and reabsorbs them via the kidney.. The researchers suspect that humans have more of this type of gene than do fruit flies, given that people are more complex than insects. Whereas manipulation ...

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The Types of Haemoglobin Throughout Human Life. Introduction: In this article I will be briefly running through the various forms of haemoglobin present in a human; from an embryo to an adult. Firstly lets recap the role and structure of haemoglobin. Role: The role of haemoglobin is rather similar to a delivery truck driver. This…

So, what then? When might we reasonably say that personhood begins?. A starting point that is far more consistent with the facts of biology is not conception but the emergence of the human brain. We declare persons dead when their brains have lost the capacity to govern the core functions necessary for life-breathing, excretion, and the like. When a fetus has developed a brain that can support its basic biological functions, probably at around six months of life, it can be reasonably argued that personhood has begun.. Those in the personhood movement in the United States have let their animus toward abortion blind them to the facts that have emerged about human embryology over the past fifty years. And scientists, sadly, have been unwilling to correct them. Conception is the start of something, but it is more the start of the possible rather than the actual. It is not until a being emerges that has the traits necessary for individual existence that we can and should say that a person has begun. ...

It appears that you and I agree on at least one thing: we should work to reduce the number of abortions.. Let me see if I can touch on two points where we might disagree. First, I would challenge the assertion that abortion is the willing taking of a human life. Since your only support for this claim hinges on a religious belief in an awesome event going on in the womb, I dont think you make a case for personhood aside from one based on faith. To be sure, something fundamental happens during the human reproductive process. But enshrining such a faith-based - not to mention vague - definition in law has serious implications for liberty since it imposes a belief system on those who do not share it.. I dont think identifying the moment when a fetus becomes a person is possible. It makes sense to think it happens after some months of gestation but before birth, and I also think some kind of self-awareness matters. In the end nailing down that personhood moment just shouldnt be done by one ...

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The abortion debate was rocked by a recent article by Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva in the Journal of Medical Ethics. It argued that infanticide should be permitted by law for the same reason that abortion is permitted, which is to say that a foetus and a newborn baby are not human persons with rights. Giubilini and Minerva argue…. ...

The murder of abortion provider Dr. George Tiller on May 31st has resulted in a lot of conversation about abortion. Its a topic frequently hushed, or spoken about more around its politics than the actual procedure, the experience itself and the real women who have abortions. So this increased discussion is certainly something potentially positive happening because of something horribly tragic.. However, often in these conversations and news stories, language is used thats confusing or inaccurate, and some statements are made about abortion or women who choose abortion which are false, unrepresentative or misleading. And any of this can come from either side of abortion debates or discussions, due to political aims or motivations, ideological ideas or agendas or just out of plain old ignorance.. ...

Women demonstrate against a possible change to Turkeys abortion laws on Istanbuls Istiklal Caddesi last Friday. While writing about Turkeys abortion debate, which erupted seemingly out of nowhere last month when Prime Minister Erdogan denounced the operation as murder, I interviewed Professor Ayse Akin, one of the countrys foremost authorities on womens health and family planning. An obstetrician…

An online offer to call off an abortion in exchange for $1 million has disgusted people on both sides of the abortion debate.. The deal, described on a website, www.prolifeantiwoman.com, and written in an anonymous womans voice, accuses abortion opponents of caring more about oppressing women than saving fetuses.. Titled How much would you pay to stop an abortion? the writer challenges the nations 127 million Americans that identify as pro-life to give less than a penny each to save an unborn child.. The backward direction this country is headed in terms of its treatment of women I feel is due in large part to the influence of the religious right disguised as the pro-life movement, reads the one-page post.. The purportedly pregnant writer gives potential donors 72 hours - the same amount of time a woman must wait in some states before getting an abortion. The author promises that if $1 million is raised, she will put the baby up for adoption and reserve the $1 million for the offspring ...

This reasoning is based on a faulty assumption, namely, that whatever ineffable quality we seek to define as human life is a binary quantity. For the bright-line argument to hold it must be the case that either a thing is human life or it is not, and there are no grey areas. But this is false. Humanity is chock-full of grey areas and always has been. Conservatives who trumpet the sanctity of human life are often first in line to support the death penalty on the grounds that the life of a murderer is less sacred than the life of his or her victims. There is no outcry from conservatives about civilian deaths from drone strikes in the middle east because collateral damage is the price we have to pay to fight terrorism (except, of course, that its not us who pays the price, its them ...

This reasoning is based on a faulty assumption, namely, that whatever ineffable quality we seek to define as human life is a binary quantity. For the bright-line argument to hold it must be the case that either a thing is human life or it is not, and there are no grey areas. But this is false. Humanity is chock-full of grey areas and always has been. Conservatives who trumpet the sanctity of human life are often first in line to support the death penalty on the grounds that the life of a murderer is less sacred than the life of his or her victims. There is no outcry from conservatives about civilian deaths from drone strikes in the middle east because collateral damage is the price we have to pay to fight terrorism (except, of course, that its not us who pays the price, its them ...

Reading Time: 3 minutes. Viability (a babys ability to survive outside the womb if born prematurely), has had a huge impact on the abortion debate. The gestational age of viability is the point at which many elected officials who advocate for abortion will concede that abortion should cease to be a legal option. Consequently, 21 states maintain abortion laws prohibiting the killing of a preborn child who has reached the age of viability. Until recently, 24 weeks gestation was accepted across the board as the age at which doctors would intervene to save a child born prematurely. But, according to the New York Times, new research suggests that more doctors should intervene to assist babies born as early as 22 weeks.. The ability of a very premature child to survive hinges heavily on the development of his lungs. Some doctors reject the notion that a child faces good enough odds of survival prior to 24 weeks, so they simply will not intervene for a baby born earlier. However, physicians have ...

Human Life expectancy has nearly doubled over the past 100 years, and the maximum human life span has also increased dramatically. Even more incredibly, centenarians are now the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population, increasing from only 3700 in 1940 to over 60,000 today. This is due largely to modern scientific and medical innovations, in addition to other changes in the way we live our life. Many diseases and environmental factors that used to cut our lives short are no longer as much of an issue. We have antibiotics for infection, sterilization, pasteurization, surgery, immunization, and countless other innovations that werent available in the recent past. If trends are any indication the human life span and life expectancy will continue to increase as our scientific and medical technology evolves. Science is divided on the question of whether it is possible to significantly increase human longevity, or if there are hard and fast biological markers that put a cap on how long we can ...

By John-Henry Westen. PRINCETON, September 12, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In a question and answer article published in the UKs Independent today, controversial Princeton University Professor Peter Singer repeats his notorious stand on the killing of disabled newborns. Asked, Would you kill a disabled baby?, Singer responded, Yes, if that was in the best interests of the baby and of the family as a whole.. People who oppose Singers position have maintained that Singer is the logical extension of the culture of death and that society will eventually embrace his stance if there is no shift to the culture of life. Alex Scadenberg, Executive Director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition commented to LifeSiteNews.com about Singer saying, at least hes consistent. In fact, Singer himself uses the abortion debate to justify his murderous stance. Many people find this shocking, continued Singer, yet they support a womans right to have an abortion. Concluding his point, Singer said, One ...

The abortion debate is back in a big way with todays killing in Kansas City of Dr. George Tiller, a doctor who performed abortions. He was killed in -- of all places -- his church.