facepalm of the day

[GenuineRisk]

Or, more eloquently (and stridently) put:

"Never mind the vicious nonsense of claiming that an embryo has a “right to life.” A piece of protoplasm has no rights—and no life in the human sense of the term. One may argue about the later stages of a pregnancy, but the essential issue concerns only the first three months. To equate a potential with an actual, is vicious; to advocate the sacrifice of the latter to the former, is unspeakable. . . . Observe that by ascribing rights to the unborn, i.e., the nonliving, the anti-abortionists obliterate the rights of the living: the right of young people to set the course of their own lives. The task of raising a child is a tremendous, lifelong responsibility, which no one should undertake unwittingly or unwillingly. Procreation is not a duty: human beings are not stock-farm animals. For conscientious persons, an unwanted pregnancy is a disaster; to oppose its termination is to advocate sacrifice, not for the sake of anyone’s benefit, but for the sake of misery qua misery, for the sake of forbidding happiness and fulfillment to living human beings."

- Ayn Rand

[Danzig]

and scotus already ruled on whatever 'right to life' there is, when the state can begin to impose rules, when a womans rights begin to lose ground to a potential human beings 'rights'.

anyone up in arms over the video is up in arms because they think they found a gotcha moment for PP. except it's not, nor should it be. fetal tissue research has been going on far longer than roe has been around. only the lack of medical necessity will stop it in future.

i'm seriously considering having my body donated to science when i croak. if i could help one last time i'd be all for it. how else to find cures, vaccines, etc?