Tag: Abortion
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Pro-life: compromise vs practicality
Matt Walsh wrote an interesting piece for the DailyWire today. He was comparing the gun rights advocates to the pro-life movement. Walsh argues that the pro-life movement could learn from the gun rights advocates. The gun rights movement has a different attitude. They won’t give an inch. Ever. At all. They treat even the most…
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Doritos under fire for humanizing humans
The above Super Bowl commercial for Doritos which depicts a man and woman viewing a sonogram, as the man is eating the corn chips. The fetus becomes aware of the chips and reacts, the man’s amusement. Eventually in frustration, the mother grabs the chip and throws it to the ground. And the baby forces…
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Planned Parenthood on the defensive, another video released
The Center for Medical Progress has released another video of a higher up with Planned Parenthood discussing sales of fetal tissue. With the first video, Planned Parenthood’s president, Cecile Richards was quick to dismiss the footage, attacking the organization. She states, “The allegation that Planned Parenthood profits in any way from tissue donation is not…
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Cleveland kidnapper, capital punishment, and abortion
It’s interesting to me that the death penalty might be sought for Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro because he allegedly forced miscarriages on his captive victims, and that can be considered murder. If a woman chooses to terminate her own pregnancy, that is an abortion. If someone causes the pregnancy to be lost against the mother’s…
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Pro choice paradox: why efforts to curb gender selective abortions are irrational
Note: this post discusses what I see as a logical paradox in the current debate about abortion as a means of gender selection. Full disclosure: I am personally pro life. I’ve written before about the topic of gender selective abortion. In developing nations, the process of aborting a fetus (typically of a girl) based on…
Josh Benner 