Arkansas GOP: Against Abortion and For Child Murder

[CountDeMoney]

Hmm, if that's the case - wouldn't the child have put themselves to death by consuming 2.5 gallons of wine?

More like 2 gallons of wine, and .5 gallons of orange juice.

[garbon]

Hmm, if that's the case - wouldn't the child have put themselves to death by consuming 2.5 gallons of wine?

More like 2 gallons of wine, and .5 gallons of orange juice.

Is Marti now a child?

[Neil]

Ban abortions.
Ban the death penalty.

Keep abortions, keep the death penalty.  Whatever it takes to get traffic moving.

Finally, someone comes up with a non-stupid answer.

[Valmy]

He said that's how a child got labeled rebellious. Wouldn't need to mention putting such a child to death if they've already offed themselves.

Right.  The standards were made so ridiculous it would never actualy happen.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

keep abortions
abort republicans
keep the death penalty
give it to surviving republicans.

languishites get exempted because tehy're on the in-crowd.

[CountDeMoney]

keep abortions
abort republicans
keep the death penalty
give it to surviving republicans.

And since they believe in applying the death penalty to individuals found to be mentally ill, there's absolutely no conflict.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Referring to the Old Testament as the basis of law isn't necessarily a Christian thing to do.

[Berkut]

This would not be child murder, by definition.

[DGuller]

This would not be child murder, by definition.

[Phillip V]

Ban abortions.
Ban the death penalty.

Allow abortions -  because banning abortions just means desperate girls have their insides scraped with clothes hangers. Real sex ed and family planning is the way to reduce abortions as close as possible to nil. I am against abortion; it's just that the alternatives are not no abortion and legal abortion, the alternatives are back alley abortions or safe legal abortion

"Because someone will do it anyways" is not a good enough reason for legalizing something.

"safe abortion" is a strange phrase, as the child is still made to die.

I do, however, understand that legal abortion is much more convenient.

[Viking]

"Because someone will do it anyways" is not a good enough reason for legalizing something.

I think laws should at least have some of their intended consequences. Banning abortion will not end the practice. Women have throughout history take sometimes life threatening risks to end pregnancies. Poison, Throwing themselves down stairs, clothes hangers and "doctors" renting rooms above chinese restaurants among them. Banning abortion will not end the practice, it will merely make it illegal and dangerous unless you are rich.

The way to end abortion is not to ban it, but rather to give girls and women access to family planning and sexual education. Pregnancy should come as a choice rather than a surprise.

Some things you can ban and they go away, e.g. guns. Other things don't go away no matter how much effort you put into banning them, e.g. narcotics.

"Because someone will do it anyways" is a good enough reason to look for other solutions to the problem. Legal (and thus) safe abortions solve the problem of backalley (and thus) unsafe abortions. Solving the problem of ending the life of potential humans is to give the mothers the emotional and physical resources they need to only get pregnant when they wish to and if the do get pregnant outside of that they have the support of society so that they can choose on their own. 

"safe abortion" is a strange phrase, as the child is still made to die.

A safe abortion is one where the mother doesn't die.

I do, however, understand that legal abortion is much more convenient.

No shit.

[Eddie Teach]

Some things you can ban and they go away, e.g. guns.

[HVC]

"safe abortion" is a strange phrase, as the child is still made to die.

Don't think of it as a child dieing, think of it as an eviction. Landlord rights and what not

[Viking]

Some things you can ban and they go away, e.g. guns.

You do know that there are countries where guns are banned and the population is disarmed. Gun control can work and often does. Drug control never works, just like bans on abortion never work.

[Eddie Teach]

Banning guns, just like abortion and narcotics, is only effective to the extent that individuals judge their need to be less pressing than the enforcement of the law. And unlike those other items, a true blanket ban is impossible, since the government depends on guns to enforce its ban on guns.