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>LARRY

>>>> In a recent court case, a Judge sentenced a woman to prison for 'child

>endangerment' for smoking crack cocaine while she was pregnant. Even though

>no harm came to the baby. Clearly this Judge has an agenda and is

>attempting to set a precedence to establish a fetus as having certain

>rights.

>> This is unfortunate since I believe that this could eventually lead to

>regulating all of a woman’s activities during pregnancy. How about

>disregarding a doctor’s advice about bed-rest, you miscarry and then what?

>Prison? How about whether you choose to use prenatal vitamins? What about

>> deciding to exercise or not? Perhaps overweight, out of shape women

>shouldn’t be allowed to have babies. Can’t risk it. Where will this end?

>With government mandated parenting classes? Fail and they take your baby?

>>

>> I was discussing this issue with a Christian the other day that actually

>advocated taking the babies away from and anyone under 18 and putting them

>up for adoption. What kind of society is that?

>>

RALPH
I find it hard to believe that taking cocaine or other drugs does not harm
a fetus. So wouldn't it be more merciful to order the woman to abort the
damaged fetus rather than give birth to a deformed and diseased baby whose
life will probably be miserable?

Oh, I know. Misery is a Xian virtue.

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