John D. Giorgis wrote: > In light of our recent abortion discussion, I'm wondering what some > of the Brin-L'ers here think of the NH law requiring that parents of > a minor be notified 48 hours before an abortion. Should this law > contain an exception if the health of the minor is at risk?
Perhaps not, but there should be an exception if the father of the fetus is a family member (incest/rape). The intersection of the subjects of abortion and incest is a pretty sick neighborhood. When I was a teen a family (with 3 kids) moved in across the street from us. When it was revealed that the Father had gotten the daughter (12) preggers no one was surprised since it was commonly known that the daughter was doing her younger brothers. (These kids openly talked about this with sickening frequency. And I doubt you could have found a pubic hair between the three of them) It was rumored that the parents were brother and sister. It was pretty obvious the rumor started because all three kids were complete and utter morons, not retarded actually (At least I don't think so), but so completely emptyheaded and oblivious and compliant that they would do pretty much anything someone told them to do. Seriously, I do not think these kids could ever forsee the outcome of their actions. The wierd thing is, these kids were absolute innocents. I don't think any of them had the slightest glimmer of evil in them. They were kind of like talking cartoon animals in human bodies. And they are likely dead or imprisoned. I like to think the world is moving away from situations that allow this kind of child abuse to occur. I'm probably wrong. The consideration of this subject causes some internal turmoil for me. On one hand I feel that kids like those I knew should never have been born. On the other, I feel some guilt because I am condoning the killing of innocents. And guilt again because I feel that those kids were something less than human in ways that I recognise in every other person I have known. xponent The Lights Were On But No One Is Home Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
