The answer is YES. Sorry it took you five hours to figure it out.

I can’t vote for republicans because they can’t seem to keep their religion out of politics. I can’t vote for democrats cause they just raise my taxes and are general morons. I can’t vote for libertarians cause they can’t win….. Anybody down for a revolution where in the end we place a monkey in charge?

As long as the monkey’s photogenic, I’m all for it.

This bill will be passed by both chambers, vetoed, and overridden in 2010.

Mr. Messenger, you really need to call out the Democrats on this one. The reason so much time is being spent on this bill is because the Democrats are fillibustering.

Should the protection of innocent life be a priority? It’s a pretty simple answer, isn’t it? Abortion kills over 1 million babies a year? It is the leading cause of premature death.

Any logical person’s default position should be that human life is good. Ending human life is bad. When human life is to be ended, then each politican and person for that matter should provide a good argument to why it is justified. Does the party-going chick who just wants to drink, screw, and avoid consequences really have such a good argument to end a life?

larry,

This isn’t a religious issue. It is basic biology. Human life begins when an egg is fertilized. You learned that in Junior High. If you think the ability to end another person’s life is a libertarian issue, then I think you are a bit punch drunk.

” Human life begins when an egg is fertilized. You learned that in Junior High.”

I don’t remember seeing this in any biology textbook–elementary thru college. Perhaps the parochial schools have a “special” edition.

I like that column a couple of days ago, that says that anti-abortion does not necessarily logically imply pro-life. Generally, the religious right wants to forbid abortions. But these are also the same people (according to the apparent party platform) that don’t want to pay taxes for schools or help other people support their children, support the war (maybe life at 18 is less valuable?), and support the death penalty. Apparently, all life is sacred… unless it isn’t. To me, it’s offensive because it stinks of a control issue, rather than one of morality, because birth control doesn’t actually kill babies, but they don’t like that one either. A bunch of men who want to force women to live according to their rules.

The anti-abortion folks are an election too late. With Nixon in office and President Obama, they’re out of luck till 2012. The Republicans may be playing to a portion of their base, but they’re losing more votes than they’re gaining. It would seem part of politics is timing and picking winnable fights.

More of the same. I have mostly voted republican my entire life and donated time and effort the party. However important this matter is, and it should be addressed, keeps the faithful in line but does nothing to address any of the other serious problems facing America. The Democrats have their ponies they continue to trot out also. It is a smokescreen. Until we understand it can never be all our way in life,(something we are supposed to learn before adulthood)we cannot grow and improve our nation. What is needed are radical middle of the roaders, unapologetic and truthful. What chances do the think the neoconservatives or the liberal/progressives will let have a place in either party? The names change but the games the same.

I have never heard a woman (or for that matter, a teenager) say “I think I’ll get pregnant tonight so I can have an abortion. Abortion is a private matter among the woman, her partner, her spiritual advisor, and her health care provider. It doesn’t affect anyone else.

“I have never heard a woman (or for that matter, a teenager) say “I think I’ll get pregnant tonight so I can have an abortion. Abortion is a private matter among the woman, her partner, her spiritual advisor, and her health care provider. It doesn’t affect anyone else.”

Cecily,

Did you ever think the one that it has the most profound effect on is the baby growing inside of the pregnant woman?

The Republicans simply never learn. For the past 4-6 years, they have focused only on energizing the base — and meanwhile, those of us in the middle became Democrats.

Remember when Kenny Hulshof aired ads last fall attacking Jay Nixon on abortion? Of course you don’t. Because you were busy worrying about your 401K and your health care bills.

If the MOGOP want to continue governing as ideologues, the Democrats will keep laughing to the ballot box.

Gov. Nixon is trying to pass a bill to give tax credits to small businesses. Didn’t Republicans used to be the Party of small businesses? Instead of getting that bill to the Governor’s desk, they’re busy putting on a 5-hour performance for the base.

“Did you ever think the one that it has the most profound effect on is the baby growing inside of the pregnant woman?”

Thank you SCA. That is a very good point. In fact it is a major point. Is the baby sentient?

Is the baby sentient?
— Cecily
2:49 pm March 24th, 2009

Aren’t all babies.

Outstanding points Lark Mavine. The Republicans appear to be clueless. The whole Hulsof debacle, and now Hulsof II, in Roy Blunt. They should be doing everything they can to help fix the mess George W. Bush made of the economy. But then, what can you expect from a “party” that has “Rush” as it’s spokesman?

suzyjax,

You must have flunked biology. Really, you can’t seriously say that human life does not begin when an egg is fertilized. I’m talking here about the technical beginning of life, not the so called viability point that you can’t seem to define.

Cecily,

First off, you are right. Many young women these days do not think about having to go get an abortion before engaging in wild behavior. They don’t think about such a consequence because it is now socially acceptable to abort to erase those types of mistakes.

Certainly there are going to be exceptional circumstances, which I am sure you’ll throw out here, but seriously, how can you justify that it is acceptable for a life to be ended because there was a little too much drinking and careless sex involved?

1 million lives lost per year. Think about that number a little bit before answering.

Why not put abortion on the ballot, every gubernatorial election. Let a woman’s vote count for two, and a man’s for one. A mother will vote well for her child… You might be surprised at how it turns out. And it would take the political currency out of a serious issue of who we are, and how we choose to live.
and speaking of ProLife…where is the outrage with Monsanto ‘owning’ life? It appears that Monsanto feels that God is dead, and His will is in probate… Will the State of Missouri ever step forward and accept the responsibility for Danforth, and Thomas, and every other step that is removing the gift of life, growing plant life, form future generations? We, St. Louis, are ‘ground zero’ for this travesty. This is too important to have end up as “oops” later on.