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The Menstrual Cycle Is A Form Of Abortion.
I was just browsing older debates and saw the one about abortioners being murderers. But people say at conception, if you throw out(to put it mildly) the fetus or organism or whatever (A nice touch I know) it is an abortion. So, is menstruating, and guys jerking*** a form of abortion? Where do you draw the line?
 gottfried  05 May 2009 04:59
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Well it is abortion really for those who say it isn't...just not to that extent. This is not a choice a woman makes. It happens every month. There's a difference between natural and man-made really. This is considered natural because it's not us making the choice its mother nature..if that makes sense. Whereas people who make the choice to abort a baby is man made.
 
 Rainbow_x  11 Jan 2010 23:47
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True. Natural abortion. All abortion is not evil. And all abortion does not mean taking a life.

While a living being might not have been killed from the menstrual cycle (because ithe egg was unfertilized), perhaps plans for a pregnancy were--for a time.
 
 tinseldove  05 May 2009 23:39
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Not really because the female body is just getting rid of an agg. The egg isn't fertilized, therefore its not alive, so technically, its not abortion.
 
 Cemetary  19 Nov 2009 12:18
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 The egg is a cell and can be alive without being fertilized. That's like me saying my sperm isn't alive until I fertilize an egg. See my point? Yo get points for trying though. Is it ethical or scientific where you come from.
by  gottfried
 20 Nov 2009 11:10
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If this were true, then sex would cover the globe as to not waste any sperm as you can only impregnate one woman at a time.

In theory, it seems as if you are saying women should not have a period they should forever be pregnant during their reproductive years. OMG!
 
 menhim1967  18 Oct 2009 17:49
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It isn't coz you ain't even got a sperm n egg in u that creates a baby.
 
 MissMurder  07 May 2009 12:13
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No! Because i am all for abortion, but I'm sure the people who are against it don't hate there lives every time they get a period. It's a natural. And without it they're would be no life and you wouldn't be alive to make stupid comments like that.
 
 Lynchee  06 May 2009 13:58
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 Are you serious? You are supposed to ask in debate style. You are wrong to think I actually believe that. Indeed very wrong. Read my up on the abortion debates. I did have my view posted here but the site deleted it. (Wicked huh?)

I believe it is wrong. But it should be a decision between the parents. After all it is their kid, or pre-kid, not my kid. I will keep it simple for the sake that you won't be overwhelmed when arguing me.

Maybe you should know what I believe instead of just firing at me for being stupid, because that would be stupid, right?

Now would you say you are pro choice? or pro life? Not pro abortion- as in all for abortion or aborting any baby as possible- I question what it sounds like.
by  gottfried
 06 May 2009 22:06
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The menstrual cycle is a form of a feminine periodic cycle.

Telling a fighter pilot not to land because his plane is going to bounce off the deck and into the ocean is a form of abortion.
 
 justsumguy  06 May 2009 00:24
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 Hahaha. I so get it. But that is so funny.
by  gottfried
 06 May 2009 00:56
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First, I'm pro-choice so don't take my opposition to be the typical abortion is murder argument. But consider... 1) The menstrual cycle kicks out an unfertilized egg, not fertilized, and likewise male ejaculation kicks out sperm but they are not sufficient by themselves to grow into a viable adult. 2) Natural involuntary processes are never considered "abortion". In the common language of the national debate on this issue abortion means the conscious decision and action to destroy the fetus. Miscarriage is never part of that debate, nor is menstruation. 3) I know some on this site vehemently disagree with me on this but I DO consider abortion killing, BUT I think society and individuals can actually justify killing of some life in some circumstances. You can kill a violent criminal in self defense, or an enemy soldier, or a horse with a broken leg, or the chicken you're cooking for dinner. Frankly I consider the right to abortion one of the forms of killing a free society simply has to tolerate. And in summary, this would mean your argument over whether menstruation is abortion doesn't really matter, menstruation is a justified and unavoidable biological process, likewise the woman's right to choose is a justified and personal choice society has no right to dictate. AFTER the fetus has grown into a baby and separated from the mother then society has every right and obligation to protect it but until then the expecting mother should have domain over her body and her choices.
 
 Grenache  05 May 2009 10:57
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 You my friend have made the point I would be looking for. Thank You.
by  gottfried
 06 May 2009 00:59
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The people who call abortion murder hardly ever have lines drawn in the first place. Their own arguments blur the boundaries of just about every definition there is on the subject (abortion, murder, human being, ect). They normally don’t even go by the actual definitions of the terms used when referring to such issues. They usually just make up their own definition of the word and insist everyone else must go by it. That, of course, is stupid. If we’re going to talk about a matter concerning the legal system we should use the same definitions the legal system uses. Neither the menstrual cycle, masturbation, or abortion are murder. No one can prove otherwise.
 
 Hizashi  05 May 2009 09:04
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