tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3163957708245233467.post6416446453938584333..comments2024-03-28T10:20:27.809-07:00Comments on Pro-Life Philosophy: Response to a Logical Argument for AbortionClinton Wilcoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17018335374680419858noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3163957708245233467.post-44242738060040633472016-08-28T13:52:51.325-07:002016-08-28T13:52:51.325-07:00Life-threatening in the sense of "immediate j...Life-threatening in the sense of "immediate jeopardy to her life." In that sense, I am not wrong, as even Guttmacher Institute has shown that less than 1% of abortions are due to the mother's life in jeopardy.<br /><br />Alan Guttmacher, himself, has written:<br /><br />"Today it is possible for almost any patient to be brought through pregnancy alive, unless she suffers from a fatal illness such as cancer or leukemia, and, if so, abortion would be unlikely to prolong, much less save, life."<br />--Alan F. Guttmacher, “Abortion—Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,” in The Case for Legalized Abortion Now (Berkeley, Calif.: Diablo Press, 1967).<br /><br />There's no doubt that pregnancy is also life changing, but these changes are not severe enough to warrant killing her unborn children. You are equivocating on the term "life-threatening."Clinton Wilcoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17018335374680419858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3163957708245233467.post-17918292221850110312016-08-28T11:26:46.977-07:002016-08-28T11:26:46.977-07:00Pregnancy is a life threatening and life changing ...Pregnancy is a life threatening and life changing condition. Many women develop conditions during pregnancy that stay permanently after giving birth. Complications in pregnancy are more common, so you are incorrect, pregnancy is life threatening for many women.beretta1071https://www.blogger.com/profile/07773738180431189341noreply@blogger.com