if inky and bucky want to tar ryan with the brush of his own "personhood" bill (seriously thats some retarded shit, and i had forgot about that one) then by all means, his record is his record, and he cant hide from it (unlike Obama). but paintin him with the broad brush of the crazy views of every asshole he ever worked with in the congress is just nuts.
i dont think abortions are awesome, nor that they are a sacrament. i think abortion is fucked up, tragic and sad, but sometimes puppies get run over by cars, sometimes kittens climb into radiator shrouds, and sometimes baby birds fall out of their nests. i do not think a law should be drawn up to prevent these unfortunate incidents either. abortions are NOT new, nor are anti abortion laws. even in the old testament there are warnings against terminating a pregnancy.
Hippocratic oath, the old version from the 5th century BC :
I swear by
Apollo, the healer,
Asclepius,
Hygieia, and
Panacea, and I take to witness all the gods, all the goddesses, to keep according to my ability and my judgment, the following Oath and agreement:
To consider dear to me, as my parents, him who taught me
this art; to live in common with him and, if necessary, to share my goods with him; To look upon his children as my own brothers, to teach them this art; and that by my teaching, I will impart a knowledge of this art to my own sons, and to my teacher's sons, and to disciples bound by an indenture and oath according to the medical laws, and no others.
I will
prescribe regimens for the good of my patients according to my ability and my judgment and
never do harm to anyone.
I will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel; and similarly I will not give a woman a pessary to cause an abortion.
But I will preserve the purity of my life and my arts.
I will not
cut for stone, even for patients in whom the disease is manifest; I will leave this operation to be performed by practitioners, specialists in
this art.
In every house where I come I will enter only for the good of my patients, keeping myself far from all intentional ill-doing and all seduction and especially from the pleasures of love with women or with boys, be they free or slaves.
All that may come to my knowledge in the exercise of my profession or in daily commerce with men, which ought not to be spread abroad, I will
keep secret and will never reveal.
If I keep this oath faithfully, may I enjoy my life and practice my art, respected by all humanity and in all times; but if I
swerve from it or violate it, may the reverse be my life.
the hebrew doctors Oath of Asaph, written in the 6th century:
[1] This is the pact which Asaph ben Berakhyahu and Yohanan ben Zabda made with their pupils, and they adjured them with the following words:
[2] Do not attempt to kill any soul by means of a potion of herbs,
[3] Do not make a woman [who is] pregnant [as a result] of whoring take a drink with a view to causing abortion,
rule # 9 of the
Seventeen Rules of Enjuin for doctors in japan in the 16th century
In our school, teaching about
poisons is prohibited, nor should you receive instructions about poisons from other physicians. Moreover, you should not give
abortives to the people.
so with all this history (and not even christian history at that) screaming abortions are bad i dont think the anti abortion factions should be painted as evil assholes, you lefties act like abortions are new or something.