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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Well, I've also never understood how there's a colorable argument that the method of putting someone to death can be cruel and unusual. (other than having it be long and torturous).
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The unborn child is not a murderer being put to death for a crime. The unborn child had no say in being born and gets no say in how 'em will die and comitted no crimes.
BTW - It is not like a D&E is such a wonderful procedure; it is not. Some abortionists don't even bother to kill the baby humanely prior to dismembering it. Some abortionists do use drugs to kill the baby first because they believe it is the more humane way to end the life of the fetus. But some abortionists believe that there is a slight increase in risk to the mother to inject potassium into the fetal circulation first and so they dismember the fetus alive. I have no idea how they can live with themselves. And I have no idea what kind of a woman would rather allow the baby she is carrying to be chopped up alive because she refused to subject herself to a small amount of risk.
I know some of these late term abortions are done on babies with birth defects, but does having a birth defect make you such a lesser being that you cannot even be killed humanely before you are dismembered? We treat animals better than that.
These late-term abortions aren't done on blobs of cells. They are done on fetuses that have skulls and brains and limbs and will react to stimuli. They even suck their thumbs. And they cannot be bothered to at least kill them first before they chop them up alive.
When that is the kind of stuff that is going on, I think the state does have a legitimate interest in regulating that "medical decision" as you call it. This isn't a decision to treat a toenail fungus. It is a decision to end another's life because it is unwanted by its mother.
