republicans, is this helping, or hurting your party

[saden1]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

Perhaps Dr. Tiller received a personal sense of justification from providing a service to victims of rape. I don't believe there's a such thing as an unjustified abortion. Clearly, it's never an easy decision for the mother, regardless of the surrounding circumstances. And if he felt the right thing to do was provide the choice to people who otherwise would not have had an option, then I think you could argue that he was a good doctor doing good work and/or caring for his patients. That's one way to look at it.

But if dudes going to wear a bullet proof vest around town because he's in that much danger, based on political ideology, what do you want me to say when some nutjob kills him after multiple attempts on his life already? Clearly, his self-preservation instincts were either broken, or being suffocated by a perceived selflessness to a minority group.

If his former nurse is right, and he could have had a job anywhere, then the rational move would have been to take a job elsewhere when he first had an attempt on his life. Once you forfeit your right to safety, death becomes more inevitable than tragic.

Clearly, the only justification for not leaving the Wichita area was a perceived sense of moral justification in his actions. It's sort of ironic, isn't it? People wanted this man to lose his license because of a questionable moral compass, but the only rational justification for his actions is a higher sense of what is right. They can't both be right, now can they?

The only certainty appears to be that the party that committed the homicide is guilty of moral wrongdoing.

There are only 3 late term abortion clinics in the entire nation, without him there are only 2.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by saden1

There are only 3 late term abortion clinics in the entire nation, without him there are only 2.

I do believe this in itself says a lot. Late-term abortions, in any situation, are highly controversial at best, downright illegal at worst.

Originally Posted by firstdown

The rape thing is a very poor choice as I'm sure most victims find out very quickly if they are not prenant and don't need to wait until their third trimester to have an abortion.

I generally agree with this. Those who take the position that abortion is justified by rape occurrences really can't act 5-6 months isn't enough time to make a difficult decision. Obviously, a situation that provides life-threatening health risks to the mother is way murkier.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

I do believe this in itself says a lot. Late-term abortions, in any situation, are highly controversial at best, downright illegal at worst.

I generally agree with this. Those who take the position that abortion is justified by rape occurrences really can't act 5-6 months isn't enough time to make a difficult decision. Obviously, a situation that provides life-threatening health risks to the mother is way murkier.

I agree that abortion should be provided in rape cases just in the first trimester or something like that. I'm pretty neutral on the whole abortion thing until it comes to the late term stuff then it starts to turn my stomach.