I am surprised that Republican candidates do not claim that taking adult lives is NOT murder, since they are so fond of doing it especially in foreign countries. Thus they will criticize each other if they do aver that ONLY abortion is murder.

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The GOPers debate tomorrow night.

Do these wingnuts understand the consequences of abortion as murder? By their definition, it would certainly have to be pre-meditated murder. That would require the execution of the mother, the father if he approved, the doctor, the nurse, the staff who made the appointment, the supplier of surgical instruments... it will be a freaking ironic bloodbath.

Heh.

I was there, and it was entirely clear right then that Romney wanted to be anywhere else but in that camera-filled room having to answer that question.

This calling-out from Brownback six days after the fact tells us one of two things:

A) that he has a lame operation, which probably first became aware of this six days ago but took until today to get around to making hay of it, or

B) that he has a smart operation, which probably first became aware of this six days ago but waited until today, the day before the GOP debate in NH, to make hay of it.

It does tell us this: that none of the other hardline anti-abortion GOP campaigns had the guts or wits to bring this up.

Brownback is the better-looking Kucinich of the GOP: they says exactly what they think on their core issues with no considerations as to how that bluntness might ultimately affect their electoral prospects. Which, considering their prospects, is really the only rational route for them to take.

Yeah, basically, anyone who helps facilitate the procedure in any meaningful way would be guilty of aiding and abetting murder, or conspiracy to commit murder. Perhaps, even doctors who recommended the procedure, or referred a patient to another doctor will be guilty of solicitation as well. What if she took a cab to a facility known to perform the procedure? Would the cabbie then be liable? Many doctors farm out their billing. What about their complicty? Hell, we're looking at a broad, far-reaching criminal enterprise here.

Even further, if the father didn't approve of the procedure, he could then file a wrongful death suit, an intentional infliction of emotional distress suit, etc., etc.

And even stupider yet, what if the woman took steps to have the procedure performed, but was interrupted in the process? Or what if she didn't take care of herself while she was pregnant? Would the eventually-born child then have a cause of action for assault and battery?

What if the woman was in prison while she was pregnant and she was injured by another prisoner, thereby somehow injuring the fetus. Would the prison be liable to the eventually-born child for negligence?

Lets expand some of the thoughts expressed earlier. If conception is the point where a bioplast / fetus is a human life with all the rights of a fully born person, then a woman who miscarries must pay for a mortuary to handle disposal of the remains. (I am sure not for free). Also, a funeral and a grave also be required, (also not for free). The government (social security) should pay death benefits ($750) as they do for a person who is actually born and then dies. Also, we can claim a tax deduction upon conception and do not have to wait till the actual birth since they are a full person upon conception. And the list goes on.

Nothing like an internecine struggle for absolute purity.

My point isn't that all Republicans are the same. It's that some Republicans (and Democrats for that matter) are such ideologues, that anyone who even slightly departs from their point of view is considered an apostate.

Careful. My finely-tuned irony detector tells me that blog is almost certainly a (rather well-done) parody.

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