Comments on: 200 Newtown massacres, every day.

By: John Marshall

John Marshall — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:10:00 +0000

Tom, the next-to-last sentence of your blog says “…4,000 children’s lives per year.” You need to change that to 4,000 per DAY.

By: Connor McGinnis

Connor McGinnis — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:24:00 +0000

If the child becomes to much of a burden at say, five years old, do you promote her right to kill it?

By: Connor McGinnis

Connor McGinnis — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:22:00 +0000

There are people living off of machines who cannot live on their own. Do they somehow have less right to life?

By: Connor McGinnis

Connor McGinnis — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:20:00 +0000

Right before it is born, it is in the birth canal. After it is born, it has moved several feet out. Did those several feet make that much of a difference?

By: Connor McGinnis

Connor McGinnis — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:19:00 +0000

Viability is based upon medical technology. This means that fifty years ago, viability would be less, meaning the fetus had no right to life. Again, this makes life completely arbitrary.

By: Connor McGinnis

Connor McGinnis — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:18:00 +0000

Personalities, emotions, knowledge, skills, etc are all things that develop gradually. You either must pick a completely arbitrary point in development in which they have enough of listed things (why can’t I pick six years old?) or you must admit that they gradually gain rights, meaning someone who is say, sixteen has more of a right to life than a ten year old.

By: Connor McGinnis

Connor McGinnis — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:16:00 +0000

You’re really begging the question this badly?

By: Matthew_Roth

Matthew_Roth — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:45:00 +0000

The answer to which can be found here, issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in 1974 responding to erroneous arguments posited by Blackmun in Roe. http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19741118_declaration-abortion_en.html

By: Joe M

Joe M — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 01:23:00 +0000

That’s the term that Greg B used in the comment I was replying to.

If you like, you can replace the word “important” with “deserving of legal protection.”

By: Joe M

Joe M — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 01:20:00 +0000

Isn’t being sad about losing a six year old also largely about the lost possibility?

A very large number of people choose to be cremated. Incidentally, the same thing that is done to many miscarriaged people. The headstone angle is just not convincing for a variety of reasons.