Roe vs. Wade

[Midtowner]

Well, anderson, that's where we'll just have to disagree

That's really the crux of the debate as well as what the Supremes based their decision on in Roe v. Wade. There is no medical fact out there that defines when a person become a person. It's a philosophical debate more than anything else. Unfortunately, with most philosophical debates, there is simply no middle ground.

I maintain my position that it is not a person until it would be capable of surviving outside the womb. Until then, it is something with the potential to be a person. But a sperm and egg also have the potential to be human, should we not make use of every single sperm and egg?

Anyhow, I think that logically, we have arrived at an impasse.

[Patrick]

Midtowner, you're right....this topic is still up for debate, even among the leadership in the country....I'm not sure if the debate will ever be solved. Conservatives support the notion that life starts at conception......liberals support the notion that life starts when the baby can live outside the womb.

Unfortunately, this debate wil never be solved. Even if Bush nominates Pro-Life Supreme Court Justices and Roe v Wade if overturned, the debate will still continue.

[Midtowner]

Midtowner, you're right....this topic is still up for debate, even among the leadership in the country....I'm not sure if the debate will ever be solved. Conservatives support the notion that life starts at conception......liberals support the notion that life starts when the baby can live outside the womb.

Unfortunately, this debate wil never be solved. Even if Bush nominates Pro-Life Supreme Court Justices and Roe v Wade if overturned, the debate will still continue.

Your conservative/liberal labels are misplaced. This isn't a conservative or liberal issue. It's an issue unto itself. There is absolutely nothing in the traditional conservative credo that discusses abortion.

A conservative might potentially object to the means by which the Supreme Court came to their decision in Roe v. Wade, however, that is also something up to debate.

Do conservatives tend to favor a pro-life stance? Yes

Do liberals tend to favor a pro-choice stance? Also, yes.

Is this a conservative or liberal issue? Nope. You're either pro-choice or pro-life, or like me somewhere in between.

[Patrick]

Yeah, I actually thought about that after I made the post. I should've used the Pro-Choice/Pro-Life labels.

I'm a liberal, yet I'm still Pro-Life. I guess I'm what you would call a religiously conservative Democrat.

[Midtowner]

Yeah, I actually thought about that after I made the post. I should've used the Pro-Choice/Pro-Life labels.

I'm a liberal, yet I'm still Pro-Life. I guess I'm what you would call a religiously conservative Democrat.

Yeah, of course you are. All people in the medical profession are liberals.

I've studied the medical profession by watching ER, so I know this to be true