Raising the bar

"At the sime time, I cited independent research backing up a previous claim.

That was not good enough. You wanted methodology. This is a classical logical fallacy called "raising the bar". Request denied, MrBook. I gave you good info, and cited the source of it: Guttmacher Institute. Do your own research if you want to disprove my source. I'll not do it for you. Google it."

Statistics without some semblance of methodology is quite useless... the site you linked to was not to the original study, it was to a paraphrasing of it on some college website... and as such I question it's accuracy.

"Q: "How are you going to differentiate between abortion as birth-control, and abortion because the woman cannot care for the child or it is a result of sexual abuse?"

A: I'm not. I am not their Doctor. I'll vote against such barbarism at every oppertunity and encourage my friends to do the same."

So you accept that in some circumstances an abortion is allowable... legally speaking how is that determination to be made? How is a doctor to tell the difference between a woman seeking an abortion because she 'doesn't want to lose her figure' and a woman who is seeking one because she was raped?


"Q: That was your choice, but who are you to force that choice on others?

A: A human American with voting rights and a love for innocent life."

All well and good... but how are you going to allow people can have abortions to get them, while denying 'whimsical' requests?

"I am entitled to my opinion, MrBook. If you choose to forsake helpless human life that is between you and your conscience. Seems like a large price to pay to stay politically correct."

Hardly... the topic of abortion is one that I have struggled a great deal with over the years, and I agree with you in that getting an abortion for frivolous reasons is immoral... but I cannot deny a woman who is in need just to assuage my conscious.