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Life Without Pain
One in five of us suffers from chronic pain. But breakthroughs in medical research are bringing hope for a pain-free future.
A Modern Chronicler of hell might look to the lives of chronic-pain patients for inspiration. Theirs is a special suffering - it's dimensions materialising at the Tuff's New England Medical Centre Pain Clinic in Boston. Here, in a small examining room, only three things exist: the doctor, the patient and pain. Of course, pain predominates.
"Chronic pain is like water damage to a house," sighs Dr Daniel Carr, the clinic's medical director. "If it goes on long enough, the house collapses. By the time most patients make their way to a pain clinic, it's very late."
What doctors see in a chronic-pain patient is a ruined body and a ruined life. It is Carr's job to rescue the crushed person within, to locate the original source of pain and to rebuild physically, psychologically and socially.
Chronic pain- continuos pain lasting longer than three months - afflicts hundreds of millions of people world-wide. Up to one in five suffer form it. While the emotional and physical toll is obvious, there is also a huge financial burden. For back problems alone, the financial cost to the Australian health system is over $700 million.
Only in recent years, however, has chronic pain become a focus of research. "It's a field on the verge of an explosion, " Carr says.
Pain had always been understood as a symptom of underlying disease: treat the illness, and the pain takes care of itself. Yet chronic pain often outlives its original cause, worsens over time and takes on a puzzling life of its own.
Research into "neural plasticity" - the capacity of neurons to change their function - has begun to shed light on what happens. Unlike ordinary or acute pain, which is part of a healthy nervous system, chronic pain resembles a disease, a pathology of the nervous system that produces abnormal changes in the brain and spinal cord. Far from being an unpleasant experience, endured simply with a stiff upper lip, this pain harms the body, unleashing negative hormones like cortisol that adversely affect the immune system and kidney function.
Disseminating new knowledge about pain will be difficult, however. Pain treatment resides primarily in the hands of ordinary physicians, most of whom know little about it. Only a small percentage are certified as pain specialists, and medical schools give the subject little attention.
She never returned to her job as an executive at a real-estate company. When pain came between her and her husband, she left him - and her home. "it was easier to be alone with the pain, " she explains.
Asked to describe the headaches, Burke says, "It's like being slammed into a wall and totally destroyed." She looks at Carr with the stricken bewilderment seen on the effaces of many pain patients.
"It's like knives are going through my eyes, " she says, starting to weep.
While Burke wipes her face, Carr sits calmly, hands in lap, his concentration fixed. He asks Burke to close her eye and taps her head with the corner of an unopened alcohol wipe. Within a few minutes, he has found a clear pattern of numbness, suggesting the occipital nerve in her face was severed or damaged during surgery. Burke's voice is small as she asks: "If the nerve was cut, why does it cause pain?"
It's a question researchers have only recently been able to answer. Doctors used to be so confident that severed nerves could not transmit pain - after all, they're severed - so nerve cutting was commonly prescribed as treatment. But while these nerves may stay dead, sometimes they grow back or fire spontaneously to produce stabbing, electrical or shooting sensations.
"The repair doesn't occur because the system itself is damaged," explains Dr Clifford Woolf, a pain researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
So why does chronic pain often worsen? Woolf's research has demonstrated that physical pain changes the body in the same way emotional loss watermarks the soul. The body's pain system is plastic, meaning it can be moulded by pain to cause more pain. Nerves recruit others in a "chronic-pain windup." The nervous system revs up and undergoes what Woolf calls "central sensitisation."
As for Burke's neuropathic pain, Carr prescribes Neurontin, an antiseizure drug that also acts as a nerve stabiliser and can quieten misfiring nerves. Within four months, Burke feels 50 per cent better. She can move her head side to side and sit up to watch TV instead of lying in agony. "Dr Carr is my saviour, " she says.
Such confusion is what caused the delay in successfully treating Burke. Before coming to the clinic she had consulted Dr Martin Acquadro, a caring and competent physician. Observing, the severe muscle spasms in her head, neck and shoulders, Acquadro diagnosed tension headaches and treated Burke with Botox injections, tricyclic antidepressants and migraine medications.
Burke also tried range-of-motion physical therapy, stress-reduction courses, psychiatric treatment, yoga and meditation. She took 1600 milligrams of ibuprofen a day, along with 12 cups of coffee - caffeine is a treatment for migraines.
Acquadro hadn't thought of Neurontin and he feared opiates. "When a patient is depressed or anxious, you're leery about narcotics, " he says. "I was being cautious."
Although only an estimated five per cent of chronic pain patients using opiates such as morphine are considered at risk of developing addictive behaviour, the drugs have a reputation for being dangerous.
The other problem is that women tend to be less aggressive in demanding pain treatment or can behave in ways misinterpreted as hysteria. The longer pain goes untreated, the more desperate the patient becomes - until those behaviours look like the problem. Whenever Acquadro sent Burke to specialists, she's break down in pain. "They figured I was a basket case, " she says. "And I was."
"Chronic pain uses up serotonin in the brain like a car running out of fuel," says a psychiatrist Dr William Breitbart. "If the pain persists long enough, everybody runs out of fuel."
Medications that treat depression also treat pain. Depression or stressful events can, in turn, enhance pain. But to make stress reduction a primary treatment is like trying to repaint walls in a crumbling house.
"Chronic pain is not just a sensory or affective or cognitive state, " says Woolf. "It's a biologic disease afflicting millions of people. However, soon I believe there will be effective treatment because the tools are coming together to understand and treat it."
Woolf is particularly interested in certain abnormal sodium ion channels seen only in damaged sensory neurons. He believes he's close - perhaps a year away - from identifying which of these channels are most important. Then, if the animal data applies to humans, pharmaceutical companies could design blockers for those channels and develop new drugs. The biggest question of pain research now is: will a blocker for neuropathic pain help all people who already have it?
Woolf hesitates, "We don't really know, " he says. But there is one thing he's confident about: that doctors will soon be able to stop pain before it becomes so debilitating.
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The Watering Can
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Well, I came down with the yucky stuff this week that a good portion of the US has. High fever turns into congestion stuff. Yuck. Trying to get better.
Whee!!! Lowry's are in the area next week for a visit. Lord willing, I'll get to have supper with them.
Prayer: Persecution is on the increase in India. Pray for steadfastness for the believers.
Pray for my house as we have extended time with the Lord this weekend. Wouldn't you know - the weekend we decide to spend extra time with the Lord is the weekend everyone holds movie parties! A good contrast, perhaps? But it really has been a long time since I've seen Inn of the Sixth Happiness.


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DEERFIELD BEACH -- City commissioners are to consider the purchase of a second piece of beachfront property for a new parking lot at a special meeting on Tuesday
Under consideration is a 7,500-square-foot piece of property next to a 76,000-square-foot tract commissioners agreed to buy on Aug. 5 for $2.43 million. City officials said they expect to pay about $850,000 for the second property.
Plans call for the city to use both properties, at Southeast 21st Avenue and First Street, to build a 226-car parking lot.
To pay for the land and the cost of building the lot, city commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved a bond issue of up to $4.7 million.
City Attorney Andrew Maurodis said $3.8 million would be set aside for the land purchase and construction. About $700,000 would go to a reserve account and to pay for bond insurance and interest.
The city will use franchise fees collected from Florida Power & Light, totaling about $1.3 million a year, to repay the bonds, which would not affect the city's property tax rate, Maurodis said.


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Branza Irina, 14 years
Irina Brinza is a young lady of 14th years old, who lives in the world which lacks colors and light. Only unclear shapes with fuzzy contours can be caught by her eyes.
Eye sight of only 7%- means problems in studying, in communication, difficulties in daily life and dependence on others. The only relative she currently has is her mother. Irina suffered a lot when she lost her daddy, with whom she was very close.
From the very birth Irina had serious health problems. When she was 1 year old she had an intervention on the heart. The rehabilitation was troublesome. Cataract removal from both eyes followed, also with very difficult rehabilitation period. Irina has gone through many treatment courses before she reached age of 6. Parents started noticing improvement. One day Irina's father had a severe accident, he could not work. Shortness of money did not allow family to make expenditures on girl's health. Only after Irina's father passed away, mother re-started rehabilitation of her daughter.
Now Irina is regularly visited by the teacher, she studies under a special individual program. Irina has some problems because of impaired vision, but she never stops trying and doing her best.
Recently Irina had MRI investigation which was analyzed by the specialists from Ovisus clinic. They said that Irina's state can be improved, if artificial crystalline lents will be implanted in both eyes.
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MAJURO, MARSHALL ISLANDS--(Marketwired - Sep 1, 2017) - Pioneer Marine Inc. (
Torben Janholt, who has served as Board Member of the Company since 2013, has been named as the new CEO of Pioneer Marine Inc. Mr. Janholt is the former CEO and President of J. Lauritzen and the Chairman of Danish Shipowners' Association (2005-2009). In his new role, Mr. Janholt brings vast executive experience to Pioneer Marine.
Korinna Tapaktsoglou has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer assuming responsibility for all financing related matters. In her expanded role, Ms. Tapaktsoglou will be able to leverage her deep expertise across the group.
Dimitris Papoulis has been promoted to General Manager, SVP of Pioneer Maritime Inc, most recently served as Vice President of Commercial Operations, a position he held since 2013. Mr. Papoulis will oversee commercial and operations of the company.
Sam Tsui is leaving the Company to pursue other opportunities.
Bradley Dietz, Independent Director, commented, "We are pleased to have Torben Janholt serve in his expanded role as CEO. He brings extensive knowledge of Pioneer and his leadership as industry executive is unparalleled."
Forward-Looking Statements
Matters discussed in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides safe harbor protections for forward-looking statements in order to encourage companies to provide prospective information about their business. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements, which are other than statements of historical facts. The Company desires to take advantage of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and is including this cautionary statement in connection with this safe harbor legislation. The words "believe," "anticipate," "intends," "estimate," "forecast," "project," "plan," "potential," "may," "should," "expect," "pending" and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements.
The forward-looking statements in this press release are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including without limitation, our management's examination of historical operating trends, data contained in our records and other data available from third parties. Although we believe that these assumptions were reasonable when made, because these assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond our control, we cannot assure you that we will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs or projections.
In addition to these important factors, other important factors that, in our view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include our ability to successfully obtain waivers from the lenders under our credit facilities for matters related to the change in our CEO, the failure of counterparties to fully perform their contracts with us, the strength of world economies and currencies, general market conditions, including fluctuations in charter rates and vessel values, changes in demand for dry bulk vessel capacity, changes in our operating expenses, including bunker prices, drydock and insurance costs, the market for our vessels, availability of financing and refinancing, charter counterparty performance, ability to obtain financing and comply with covenants in such financing arrangements, changes in governmental rules and regulations or actions taken by regulatory authorities, potential liability from pending or future litigation, general domestic and international political conditions, potential disruption of shipping routes due to accidents or political events, vessels breakdowns and instances of off-hires and other factors.
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Comparing Luxury Homes: Which One Is Right For You?
You want to buy a luxury house, and you've been saving your money for a decent down payment so you can get the house of your dreams. Your problem isn't that you cannot find a luxury home to call your own, your problem is that you have too many options. Which house to choose? After all, once you buy, you have this house for a long time, possibly as a forever home, and you want to make sure you make the correct choice.
So, how do you compare luxury homes against one another? This is no easy task, but with the help of your real estate agent, your own personal preferences, and a non-biased eye, you should be able to quickly weed out the house you really want from the ones that you aren't quite ready to commit to.
Location: City or Country?
Do you want to live in the city so you have close access to the shopping malls, parks, and other entertainment? Or do you crave the serenity and impossibly beautiful views of country living? Rural or city, which one do you prefer? Choose the type of location you want to live in to help you make your decision between luxury homes. If more than one home exists in the type of location you want, then compare the size of the yard or the actual location of the properties within the area you like to see which one is ultimately more convenient for you.
Features: Modern or Classic?
When buying a luxury home, do you want all the state-of-the-art features a home has to offer, such as built-in electronics for a smart home or the most modern appliances? Or are you more into the classic and streamlined features and architecture, such as bay windows or skylights? However you want your features to be laid out, you don't want to choose the home that has the least amount of the perks you want for one reason: you'll have to put money into your house to upgrade your property otherwise or just deal with having less of what you really want.
Your real estate agent will help you pick the best luxury home for your needs. When your budget isn't an issue but availability is, you can have a hard time choosing the best house for your needs. However, your realtor will assist you in selecting a beautiful home you'll love to entertain in that will give you a great place to call your own.


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Last Saturday, GQ had a double-header baseball game. We were out on the fields for 5 hours but it wasn't bad at all. The weather was nice and there was a nice steady breeze even though sunny. Unfortunately, GQ's team lost both games even though they played hard. I downloaded photos in wrong order… but anyway, that's GQ running through home plate! Go GQ! WOOHOO YAH BABY!!
I didn't get to watch too much of the games though, because this little one kept me busy.
He is his brother's biggest fan and the entire baseball complex knows who Bugaboo's big brother is. Bugaboo screams out his name and will often yell, "Hit ball" "Good job", or "Run!" It really is the cutest thing. I love how GQ waves to him through the fence or smiles when he hears his little brother shouting his name. Warms my heart.
The other boys on the team joke with him about it and give him a playful hard time, but he still does not mind. He really is the best big brother a little kid could ask for. I love watching them together.
While GQ's team is out on the field, Bugaboo soon loses interest and finds new "friends" to play with. He is the youngest of the tots in his group but he doesn't like to think so. He tries to keep up with the rest of them.
His new favorite thing to do to entertain himself is wear his brother's baseball helmet. He loves those things. Anytime we go to Academy, Dicks, or Target, he knows where to find the baseball helmets and runs over to wear one. He will literally wear one the entire time in the store.
Man-child bought him a glove and helmet for his birthday next week. Can't wait to see his expression on his face when he gets his OWN helmet that we don't have to fight him to take off and hide in a store aisle. We no longer (hopefully) will have complete meltdowns in the stores when we have to leave the helmet behind, because this little boy will have his very own! I'm going to video tape him when he gets his helmet and then post it on here. There is no doubt in my mind he will go crazy for it. Hope everyone has a great fun-filled weekend. I'll see you guys all on Monday!


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The Goodman of Paris (Le Ménagier de Paris): A Treatise on Moral and Domestic Economy by a Citizen of Paris, C.1393
Eileen Power
Boydell Press, 2006 - Family & Relationships - 238 pages
The Goodman of Paris (Le Ménagier de Paris) wrote this book for the instruction of his young wife around 1393. He was a wealthy and learned man, a member of that enlightened haute bourgeoisie upon which the French monarchy was coming to lean with increasing confidence.
When he wrote his Treatise he was at least sixty but had recently married a young wife some forty years his junior. It fell to her to make his declining years comfortable, but it was his task to make it easy for her to do so. The first part deals with her religious and moral duties: as well as giving a unique picture of the medieval view of wifely behaviour it is illustrated by a series of stories drawn from the Goodman's extensive reading and personal experience.
In the second part he turns from theory to practice and from soul to body, compiling the most exhaustive treatise on household management which has come down to us from the middle ages. Gardening, hiring of servants, the purchase and preparation of food are all covered, culminating in a detailed and elaborate cookery book. Sadly the author died before he could complete the third section on hawking, games and riddles.
This unique glimpse of medieval domestic life presents a worldly, dignified and compelling picture in the words of a man of sensibility and substance.
The distinguished historian EILEEN POWER was Professor of Economic History at the University of Cambridge.
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Pyramid structure of the psyche
adapted from Carl Gustav Jung
C. G. Jung, On the Nature of the Psyche, (paragraph 425)
Introversion and extraversion, in Jungian personality typing such as the Humanmetrics Jung Typology Test™ will be expressed in percentages, as will the other characteristics of the personality. Moderately expressed extraverts and introverts will likely have an easier time discussing a problem than if that characteristic is very strongly expressed. In emotional relationships, we often hear that opposites attract and usually, on popular personality testing websites, opposites are given as the "ideal relationship". While opposites are naturally attracted, this does not mean any such relationship is ideal. It is really talking about chemistry. While I am not advocating a return to arranged marriages initiated by professional matchmakers, the latter do have an advantage in that chemistry is always second to more practical matters of compatibility. Divorce lawyers, on the other hand, really like the idea of chemistry, as the higher its emotional charge will be for the couple wanting a divorce, the higher, too, will be the charges on the lawyers invoices. Through enantiodromia, love turns to hate and it keeps only its intensity.
So lets set aside the emotional sort of relationship, and think about the relationship that an archaeological researcher has with his or her chosen subject. The extravert is all about the material and cause and effect, and if this is too strongly expressed, anything of the past which has to do with belief, aesthetics, and abstract principles which can traverse disciplinary boundaries will become so difficult (and uncomfortable) that they will be substituted with something with an action. Thus, instead of explaining religious ideas and how they are expressed in the evidence, you will see the word ritual and its underlying psychology will never be explained.
The "New Archaeology" of the seventies put great faith in science, but whenever these ideas were too strongly expressed, a resulting repression of the unconscious occurred and the "scientific" became the "scientistic". You see this in the wording used by extreme skeptics: "There is no scientific evidence that..." is my favorite. What it really should mean is that no science was performed, or the results of scientific testing was inconclusive. Too often, though, it becomes an expression of faith in the material, and that which is not material is thus unscientific too such people. Postmodernism was a necessary reaction to modernism, and in archaeology, the two philosophical outlooks were expressed by processualism and post processualism, and like many "ism's", they sometimes took on a fanatical nature quite apart from any real merits of either.
It became even more problematical in academia because of a tendency of students to be followers whether through some sort of hero-worship, or through "brown nosing" for career advancement. An original researcher might find a particular method useful for a specific application, a follower, however, will sometimes interpret the method as a law and then apply it inappropriately and with considerable fanaticism.
If you really want to upset an atheist skeptic, then tell them that atheism is a religious belief. Religion is something that lies outside of science but is not "unscientific". Most science has nothing to say about it one way or the other. Curiously, though, eastern religious ideas have crept into quantum physics with the realization of the importance of the observer, and with such conundrums as complementarity, the wave/particle duality and the Einstein, Podolsky, Rosen paradox.
The best researchers will be found around the middle of the Introvert - Extravert scale, but with a fairly strong leaning to one or the other. There also has to be an expressed Intuition, because, as you see from the above chart, the fully conscious is pure subjectivity and the unconscious is pure objectivity. The pathological skeptic although always touting "scientific objectivity" does so in a religious manner using faith in the "science deity".
You can see the two methods at play with someone researching an object's authenticity: one will have a "gut feeling" but not know the specifics, while the other will have to rely on various tests to determine the answer. The best, though, will flip back and forth between knowing and knowing why. Good researchers will, similarly, employ both inductive and deductive reasoning often flipping back and forth to achieve their ends.
From what has been mentioned, so far in this series, you might have a few insights about some details of the dekadrachm story. For example, a skill in detecting fakes is a thing that some people have. The real expert, like David Sear, will look very carefully at the object and will back up intuitive knowledge with material evidence (like the incrustations). I have seen previously respected authenticators fall into the temptation to rely too much on their developed intuition. Sometimes this is just showing off -- I once saw a curator condemn what seemed to me to be a perfectly genuine Athenian "archaic style owl" tetradrachm as a fake after merely glancing at it for about a second without the use of a loupe or magnifying glass. Some sort of enantiodromia had apparently taken place. It was probably initiated by a shift from the importance of the skill to the fame of the skill.
What I have not mentioned yet, is the "'mechanics" of how I could have wanted something "impossible" and then get it. It is an area of synchronicity that I have only recently been able to consciously understand to any degree and I was, at first, rather reluctant to venture there because I was afraid that such an unconscious process might be endangered by looking at it. The answer involves the interaction of psychology and physics that came about with the communications between C. G. Jung and Wolfgang Pauli and you will have to wait until tomorrow.


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Defending the legality of abortion
In this post I will argue on behalf of the legality of abortion. I will consider the issues from the stance of the unborn fetus, the parents, and society. I will also briefly consider the issue of abortion in the case of rape. I will not, however, consider abortion from the perspective of religion. While I am perfectly willing to consider moral arguments from religious texts, I will not give the arguments any special priority simply because they came from the Bible, the Qur'an, or some other religious text. My argument will revolve around rational consideration of human and societal well-being.
From the perspective of the unborn fetus:
There is absolutely no reason to believe that the unborn fetus will experience any sense of loss. Like anyone else, once you're dead you're dead (Note: an obvious rebuttal will be, Well then why don't we just legalize murder? I will address this issue in the section on society). We have no reason to believe that the person will suffer after they die. We cannot disqualify the possibility, but we have no reason to believe such that any suffering will happen. We can be pretty certain, however, that accidental parents will suffer if they are forced to bring an unwanted child into the world. Given that the state of the fetus' neural development at the time of the first trimester is extremely impoverished, whether it has any conscious experience of the abortion at all seems to be highly doubtful. I've heard of pro-life organizations showing video footage of a fetus dodging out of the way of an abortion probe. Even if it were doing this, this is by no means proof of conscious experience. There are plenty of simple forms of life that will reflexively recoil when poked. And even if, for the sake or argument, we assume that the infant is consciously fearful, on what reasonable grounds do we prioritize an infants momentary fear over the 9 months of unwanted pregnancy of the mother, and the disruption to the life of both parents and their families?
The parents' perspective:
Obviously, the parents do not want the child. The pregnancy was an accident. I have often heard pro-lifers speak against abortion as if they were talking about gambling: if you can't afford to have a baby, then you can't afford to have sex. I've even heard an analogy to crime be made: Don't do the crime if you can't do the time. I personally do not view child birth as something that should ever be treated as a sort of punishment or a simple consequence of an accident. We have the ability to terminate a pregnancy in a manner that is relatively quick and easy. There is no reason to believe that the infant will experience any sense of loss, but there is every reason to believe that the parents will suffer if unable to terminate the pregnancy. Why would we prioritize potential suffering for which there is no evidence for belief over the completely anticipable and surely real suffering of the parents, among others?
Another point is that of the right to control one's own body. If the woman does not want this infant, then this infant is an unwanted parasite on the body. It is bringing discomfort, sickness, interfering with the woman's life, and is very demanding of resources. Why should the woman not be able to defend itself against this? A set of rebuttals to this point may be: Well, why should we have social welfare programs? And, Why shouldn't wealthy people be able to kill of poorer people whom take in the tax dollars of the wealthy? A few replies. Firstly, we can be confident that poorer people do experience suffering; the same cannot be said of an unborn fetus. Secondly, these poorer people are likely to be a part of social networks, so killing them off also hurts their family, friends, work associates, and so on. An unborn fetus is not a part of any of these social networks. Thirdly, the wealthy depend on the poor. The wealthy need the poor to work in their organizations, to work in society to keep society running, and so on. Fourth, if the wealthy are not going to help protect the health, safety, and so on of the poor, how can they expect the poor to not revolt? Moral considerations run both ways. If the wealthy are going to let the poor waste away with a complete lack of regard for their well-being, the poor can hardly be expected to respect the humanity of those who so callously dehumanize them. More importantly, who would question their desire to defend their health and safety and those of their kin? In my view, morality is first and foremost about people having a genuine respect for the well-being of other sentient agents. We have no reason to believe that early trimester fetuses fall into this category, but we have every reason to believe that accidental parents and the poor do.
From the perspective of society:
Allowing abortion poses no threat to society the way that allowing murder would. When a fetus is aborted, there is no reason to believe that it suffers, that social networks of the fetus will be disrupted (there aren't any), and risky precedents need not be set by allowing abortion. If we allow the core of ethics to be the genuine respect for the well-being of other sentient agents, what negative consequences would abortion pose? It's not like it would serve as some sort of justification for murder. Unlike the case of abortion, allowing murder would create a permanent sense of angst in society over the unjustified killing of oneself, one's kin, and one's associates. Allowing murder could create an air of angst-ridden societal instability.
The closest thing that abortion brings about to the disruption of social networks is that some people will not want the mother to abort the fetus. Perhaps the grandmother wants a grandchild. Should the mother be obligated to satisfy someone else's desire for their infant, though? I don't see why they should.
The rights of the parents and society versus that of the unborn fetus:
When one argues against abortion, they are prioritizing the supposed feelings and rights of the infant over the well-being of the parents and society generally. When someone says that abortion is not allowable, they are saying that the (for all practical purposes) non-existent feelings of the fetus are more important than the real feelings of the parents and society. In a society in which we are able to terminate unwanted pregnancies, if we tell people that abortion is not an option, we are telling them that they will have to accept some unnecessary risk for their sexual behaviour. Why should we do this? Why should we actively oppose people's ability to have consensual sexual pleasure, and to punish the unlucky people, out of consideration for the (for all practical purposes) non-existent feelings of fetus, and out of consideration for the loss of life that the fetus will never know about anyway? Why should we prioritize unfelt feelings and unexperienced loss over the happiness and freedom from suffering of those who will experience such positive and negative emotional states?
A brief statement on abortion in the case of rape:
Some pro-life proponents are willing to allow for abortion in the case of rape. I personally do not see how they can do this. While it certainly is very unfortunate that a woman has been raped, I hardly see how this affects the fetus' supposed right to life. Do rape babies deserve any lesser consideration than non-rape babies? It's not like the baby chose to be the product of rape. It's not like the baby would feel any less negative affect (e.g., sense of loss) if they were the product of a rape. While I certainly stand on the side of allowing abortion in the case of rape, as I do with simple consensual sex accidental pregnancies, I hardly see how a pro-lifer could make such a distinction.
Final statements:
In choosing to side with or against the legality of abortion, we have a choice. We can prioritize the feelings and experience of loss of those who we have no reason to believe will feel or experience loss, or we can prioritize the feelings and experience of those who we have every reason to believe will experience positive and negative psychological states. This is a forced-choice situation. Society either says yay or nay for the legality of abortion. In such a situation, why would we prioritize an unborn fetus who doesn't seem to have the capacity for conscious experience or a sense of loss over such considerations as the woman's ability to control her own body, of people's ability to engage in enjoyable sexual activity without having the burden of an unnecessary risk, and the like. On what ethical grounds do we prioritize probably non-existent sentience over full-fledged conscious experiencing agents?
Comments62 Responses to "Defending the legality of abortion"
I think that your view can be shown to be an inadequate justification for abortion.
I will grant for the sake of this argument that:
1. There is no objective morality. Society decides what is right and wrong.
2. Religious reasons will be out of bounds.
3. Rights are granted by society and are not inherent in human nature.
I assume from your post that:
1. Society has decided that killing people after they are born is 'wrong'.
2. The unborn is genetically/biologically human. (You seem to have a pretty good grasp of how biology works and do not deny that the unborn is genetically human.)
I will criticize your view from within what I believe to be your view. I apologize if I misrepresent your view.
1. The unborn has no sense of loss or of suffering.
I will grant your argument that the unborn feels no pain and has no sense of loss. But, I do not think that these points are sufficient to allow us to abort.
Your argument here is based on the fetus' *current inability* to feel pain or experience suffering. Certainly, if it were allowed to continue its natural development, it would develop the ability to feel pain and suffer loss. The problem is that the kind of society that you want where there is "genuine respect for the well-being of other sentient agents" should not remove the right to life from an individual who does not currently display the characteristics of sentience (including pain and loss), but who will in the future.
Imagine (God forbid…no,damn!…hopefully not…) that your mother was tragically in a car accident and in a coma. Doctors are very confident that in a short time, she will regain consciousness and recover completely. She would be in exactly the same position as the fetus that you say can be aborted. She feels no pain and would have no sense of loss if she died. Would it be permissible to kill her? Should she lose her rights as a human?
It seems that when we are in a deep sleep, or under anaesthetic, or temporarily unconscious, we remain identical to our 'pre-loss-of-conciousness' selves and a genuinely respectful society should grant that humans in that state should be granted rights.
Parental Suffering.
You say that the parents will suffer loss if they are forced to carry the child to term. While I grant that it is difficult to experience an unwanted pregnancy (My kids are 8 and 10 years old, I had a vasectomy 7 years ago, and my wife is two months pregnant…I understand). A respectful society should not use these facts as grounds to allow abortion.
I am identical to my 20-year old self. I am the same person that I was 15 years ago. I am also the same person that I was in November of 1973, a month before I was born. There is a continuum of natural development from conception to natural death where the being that begins to exist remains identical to itself throughout its development.
We would not allow a woman to kill her two-week-old infant because it would cause her financial distress. Why would we allow the same woman to do the same thing to her pre-born fetus (who is the exact same being in a different location)? A respectful society should not permit the killing of anyone who is inconvenient.
Parental rights.
"If the woman does not want this infant, then this infant is an unwanted parasite on the body."
What if the woman, when she finds out that she is pregnant initially wants to keep the baby, then decides that she does not want the baby, then changes her mind again?
Does the nature of the being growing inside her change based on her desires? Are not a host and parasite different species? Does the fetus change species at his mother's change in mind?
What if a woman has a tape-worm in her uterus and decides that she wants a baby. Does the tape-worm have the ability to change into a human fetus?…certainly not. Yet we seem to have to allow for that in the other direction. This is absurd.
"It is bringing discomfort, sickness, interfering with the woman's life, and is very demanding of resources."
The same can be said for every infant, toddler, adolescent, teenager. Since these beings are identical to their pre-born selves, there is no justification for aborting a fetus who will become an infant, toddler, adolescent and teenager. A respectful society does not kill infants, toddlers, adolescents or teenagers, nor should it kill fetuses (who are humans at a different stage of development).
[You then talk about fetal suffering which I have addressed]
Social networks…there is no reason to say that the fetus is not part of a social network. Its network is very limited, but there is very definite interaction between a mother and her pre-born child. Also, given its natural development, it certainly will develop social networks.
"The wealthy depend upon the poor" just as society depends upon its young for survival. There is a reason that Japanese politicians are urging women to have more babies. The future of the society is in jeopardy.
Societal rights…
More talk about feelings and rights…again, just because the fetus cannot currently feel pain (just like an adult in a deep sleep) does not mean that a respectful society should not grant rights.
I have no problem with people experiencing sexual pleasure. I do have a problem with people assuming that they don't have responsibilities related to their choices.
Our society looks down on 'dead-beat dads'. We feel that if a man has fathered a child that he has a special responsibility to care for that child, even if it is only monetary. Even if a man unknowingly fathers a child, we hold him responsible. We hold him responsible if he takes precautions and explicitly tells his partner that he does not want a child. Should we not also hold a woman responsible for her child? Should men have the right to choose an abortion for their wives or girlfriends or mistresses? Should a man be able to coerce his girl into an abortion against her will? The child costs him just as much.
I agree that this is a horribly tragic situation. I do not support abortion in the case of rape. Ron is right, there is no difference between a 'rape baby' and a 'non-rape baby'.
Abortion in the case of rape is punishing the wrong person.
I would support abortion in cases where the mother's life is genuinely at risk and only one of the two can be saved.
Final statements…
I disagree that we are forced into a choice. I think that a compassionate society that is genuinely respectful of sentient beings should find solutions that benefit both the mother and the child. We need to do much more as a society to support women who are experiencing difficult pregnancies. We also need to recognize as a society that disqualifying certain individuals in our society from having rights based on their current abilities is not respectful.
…and from a 'not abortion' doctor…
Colin – You're right, Ron's post is rabid with assumption – but you make the worst one of all… That a few cells are somehow equal to a human.
"What if the woman, when she finds out that she is pregnant initially wants to keep the baby, then decides that she does not want the baby, then changes her mind again?
Does the nature of the being growing inside her change based on her desires? Are not a host and parasite different species? Does the fetus change species at his mother's change in mind?"
When I was pregnant I changed my mind a good 18 or 19 times. And yes – it did change from being a good thing in my body to a horrible thing in my body – every single time. But I was allowed this freedom of mind and freedom to choose what I wanted to do with something that would alter my entire life – and that certainly wasn't any sort of sentient being.
"Abortion in the case of rape is punishing the wrong person."
Making a woman live with her rape for at least 9 months isn't punishment? Please.
@ Katie Kish
"Making a woman live with her rape for at least 9 month isn't punishment? Please?"
After a rape the bad memories will be with the woman for the rest of her life, aborting the child will not make the victim of rape forget it ever happened to them. Pregnancy is only one of the consequences of rape, remove that consequence and there are still many others. Having abortion will not get rid of the woman's PTSD or nightmares or other anxieties associated with her rape.
I am not saying abortion should be illegal, I am just saying this is one of the most naive arguments that could be made. With or without the pregnancy after rape there will be a long time before the woman has healed (and there will most likely always be some residual pain). I don't accept that the pregnancy will serve as a constant reminder of the rape, since the pain caused will be a constantly in the thoughts of the woman for a long time. Putting the child up for adoption after birth would allow for the happiness of a couple who cannot have children on their own, and while this would only be an n=1 study, I have seen that witnessing the happiness the child brings to another can help with the healing process.
You are making the assumption that the unborn is not human. that it is human is a fact supported by biology (Law of Biogenesis) and philosophy (there are only four differences between the unborn and the new born…size, level of development, environment and degree of dependence…none of which are sufficient to deny rights).
The nature of the being growing inside you did not change. Only your thoughts towards it changed.
Disallowing abortion in cases of rape does not punish women, it does not prolong their suffering. They will always remember the experience regardless of whether they kill the child.
That we protect children from destructive behaviours indicates that we value them as human beings. That we restrict their right to vote indicates that they are immature…a respectful society should not deny rights to those who are immature.
this 'lump' that you speak of…it is an independently growing, genetically distinct, whole being, not a part of a being, but a whole being with everything that it needs to develop naturally into a mature, independently growing, genetically distinct, whole being.
Parasites are different species from their host. Nice try.
We don't allow public beatings.
We don't allow them to sign contracts because they are immature. That does not disqualify them from the right to life.
Mothers make antibodies FOR fetuses and in the process confer immunity to many diseases. Can things go wrong…sure, but that does nothing to diminish the humanity of the unborn.
We kill tape-worms because they ARE parasites and they are NOT human. Even if they could be beneficial.
We should not kill babies because they CANNOT be a different species, (therefore they cannot be a parasite) and they ARE human, even if they cause inconvenience and temporary illness.
Your parasite 'argument' denies plain science.
The way I understand your position is that the primary reasons that you allow abortion is that the fetus would feel no sense of loss, is unable to suffer and has no social network.
The problem with that reasoning is that it allows us to kill a whole host of other people who fall into the same category.
Does a sleeping recluse have a right to life?
He is not aware of any pain of suffering and would not experience loss with a quick painless death, he also has no social network. I think that this individual would indeed have a right to life in a respectful society.
I do not dispute the lack of pain and loss on the part of the fetus. My point is that this fact is not sufficient to disqualify the fetus from the right to life.
I do not dispute that the parents will be inconvenienced, possibly harmed. But that is not sufficient to deny fetal rights.
In order to deny human rights to the fetus, you must show that the fetus is not human. There is no such thing as an innocent human that should not be given rights.
I don't think that we need to frame the discussion in terms of prioritizing rights. We need to maximize the compassion shown to all members of the human race.
In order to disqualify the fetus from the human race, you have to show that the fetus is not human (which is in direct contravention of the law of biogenisis), you also have to show that the fetus is actually something else that 'becomes' human at birth…(bio-alchemy anyone?)
The fetus is a whole, self-integrated, self- directed human organism with the inherent capability of sentience (although sentience is currently latent). Possessing latent abilities should not disqualify anyone from the right to life.
The key question is "What is the unborn?"
Imagine you are doing dishes at your sink and your niece comes into the kitchen behind you and asks "Uncle Ron, can I kill this?" Would your first question not be something close to "What is it?" If it is a spider, then yes. If it is your sister, then no.
A fetus is not even an animal. A cow is capable of suffering pain and fearing death in a way that a fetus is not. People have no problem with killing a cow because it provides them with a better life. Hell, I have no problem with killing a cow, as long as it's done reasonably humanely (which, sadly, it usually isn't.)
A fetus is not just less than a cow, it's less than an ant or snail. They at least are capable of aversive reactions. A fetus is about on the level of an acorn.
If a woman changes her mind, that's her prerogative. If she has an abortion and changes her mind after, well, that's her problem. The law isn't there to protect people from the bad consequences of their own actions, its there to protect us from the negative consequences of other people's actions. I've made many foolish decisions in my life, some of which I would certainly change if I could go back and do things over. Does that mean that the law should have barred me from making those decisions? I should hope not.
The woman in a coma is not a good analogy for abortion. A better analogy would be if you were to bang your head and lose consciousness, and wake up to discover that someone has hooked a comatose woman up to you, using your body as a life support system, without your consent, as a result of an accident. You are able to continue to live your life, as long as you wheel the comatose woman around with you in her wheelchair, and can put up with the discomfort and nausea that you suffer due to the extra strain on your organs.
Of course, for the analogy to be perfect, the woman in the coma must have no social connections whatsoever, nothing invested in her life, and require you to care for her and support her for the next 18 years after she recovers from the coma, despite the fact that you never wanted to have anything to do with her in the first place, but just got involved through bad luck.
Stoobs…some embryology for you as you seem to be confused.
"The question came up of what is an embryo, when does an embryo exist, when does it occur. I think, as you know, that in development, life is a continuum…. But I think one of the useful definitions that has come out, especially from Germany, has been the stage at which these two nuclei [from sperm and egg] come together and the membranes between the two break down."
[Jonathan Van Blerkom of University of Colorado, expert witness on human embryology before the NIH Human Embryo Research Panel — Panel Transcript, February 2, 1994, p. 63]
"Zygote. This cell, formed by the union of an ovum and a sperm (Gr. zyg tos, yoked together), represents the beginning of a human being. The common expression 'fertilized ovum' refers to the zygote."
[Moore, Keith L. and Persaud, T.V.N. Before We Are Born: Essentials of Embryology and Birth Defects. 4th edition. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company, 1993, p. 1]
"Human development begins after the union of male and female gametes or germ cells during a process known as fertilization (conception).
"Fertilization is a sequence of events that begins with the contact of a sperm (spermatozoon) with a secondary oocyte (ovum) and ends with the fusion of their pronuclei (the haploid nuclei of the sperm and ovum) and the mingling of their chromosomes to form a new cell. This fertilized ovum, known as a zygote, is a large diploid cell that is the beginning, or primordium, of a human being."
[Moore, Keith L. Essentials of Human Embryology. Toronto: B.C. Decker Inc, 1988, p.2]
"The development of a human being begins with fertilization, a process by which two highly specialized cells, the spermatozoon from the male and the oocyte from the female, unite to give rise to a new organism, the zygote."
[Langman, Jan. Medical Embryology. 3rd edition. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1975, p. 3]
"Embryo: The developing individual between the union of the germ cells and the completion of the organs which characterize its body when it becomes a separate organism…. At the moment the sperm cell of the human male meets the ovum of the female and the union results in a fertilized ovum (zygote), a new life has begun…. The term embryo covers the several stages of early development from conception to the ninth or tenth week of life."
[Considine, Douglas (ed.). Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia. 5th edition. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1976, p. 943]
"Although life is a continuous process, fertilization is a critical landmark because, under ordinary circumstances, a new, genetically distinct human organism is thereby formed…. The combination of 23 chromosomes present in each pronucleus results in 46 chromosomes in the zygote. Thus the diploid number is restored and the embryonic genome is formed. The embryo now exists as a genetic unity."
[O'Rahilly, Ronan and Müller, Fabiola. Human Embryology & Teratology. 2nd edition. New York: Wiley-Liss, 1996, pp. 8, 29. This textbook lists "pre-embryo" among "discarded and replaced terms" in modern embryology, describing it as "ill-defined and inaccurate" (p. 12}]
"Almost all higher animals start their lives from a single cell, the fertilized ovum (zygote)… The time of fertilization represents the starting point in the life history, or ontogeny, of the individual."
[Carlson, Bruce M. Patten's Foundations of Embryology. 6th edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996, p. 3]
"Firstly, to allow one to kill a sleeping recluse without legal consequences would result in the establishment of a society in which one could not become a sleeping recluse and be safe."
[Is there any reason that this shouldn't apply to a fetus? A fetus is certainly not safe in the womb of a distraught woman. Your criteria of pain, loss and social networks are still not enough to disqualify a fetus from the right to life.]
"Secondly, what legitimate claim would the killer have to the recluse's life? In the case of the abortion, the aborter is the one that is potentially giving the person their life in the first place, and the fetus is re-directing the course of the pregnant mother's body and life (as well as the lives of others)."
[I would ask the same of the unborn. The only differences between a fetus and a toddler/adolescent/teenager/adult are size, level of development, environment and degree of dependence. None of these differences are morally relevant. We don't give parents the right to kill their toddlers just because they are causing financial distress, illness, career adjustments, or melancholy. However, if the mother's life is truly and immediately in danger and only one of the two can be saved, abortion would be justified to save the one that can be saved.]
I don't think that either of your points make a relevant distinction between a fetus and a sleeping recluse. Maybe I missed something.
You make an interesting point about our axioms…
The relationship between life, suffering and well-being is a big question.
I would say initially that I do value human life and strive to promote wellness among my family and my students. However, I do not think that suffering is always a bad thing. I do not think that it should be permissible to cause another innocent human to suffer. But sometimes we suffer for any number of reasons, and while suffering sucks in the midst of it, I have found that such times make me a better person. So I think that there is value in suffering. Suffering itself is not good. Becoming a better person through suffering is good.
Suffering is also pretty subjective. One person may find a certain situation to be causing suffering, another (or the same person in a better mindset) may find the same situation to be enjoyable.
In the case of abortion, we should not seek to cause suffering. To me that means that we give the fetus the benefit of the doubt. We do not cause the mother to suffer by not allowing abortion. Assuming that the child was conceived through consensual sex, the 'suffering' of the woman was arguably caused by her having sex.
It also means that even if the woman finds the pregnancy to be overwhelming and the cause of suffering, she should not automatically assume that the difficulties she faces are always going to be negative in her life. Perhaps having an abortion is a short-sighted solution to a problem that doesn't really exist. Perhaps giving birth would be difficult but would lead to tremendous good.
This is something that I will have to think about…
I don't see the relevance of your quotes. I accept that an embryo or zygote is alive. So is an acorn. So is pond scum. Is it a life worth protecting, however? Not in my books. When brain development is sufficiently advanced for the fetus to plausibly feel pain or fear, then it is as deserving of protection from pain and fear as any other animal. When it can talk, then I consider it a human being.
So infanticide is ok until about two years old when most kids learn to talk?
I have already shown that latent abilities should not disqualify a fetus from rights.
Hateful shmateful…speaking of shameless redirection.
When someone goes for a walk, the logical consequence is that they become more healthy. The bricks are totally unrelated.
When someone dresses provocatively, they should expect to be treated with respect and dignity. I would never excuse a rapist based on the woman's attire.
When two people have sex, a logical consequence is that pregnancy may occur. Sexual reproduction evolved (assuming you are right about our origins), not for our pleasure, but for the propagation of the species. When someone has sex, they should expect pregnancy to occur and they should then take responsibility for their actions.
If nobody was willing to take responsibility for their actions, our society would crumble.
This really isn't a difficult concept.
"We are hardly limited to our purely biological function. We also evolved brains, language, intelligence and the capacity to decide things for ourselves."
Ok, you are right. But there is still the fact that sexual intercourse does have the function of propagating the species. Possibly it evolved to be pleasurable so that we would have incentive to copulate and reproduce.
the woman who aborts is taking responsibility for only her own desires (except in cases where her life is in danger), she is abandoning her responsibility to her child.
As I mentioned before, we hold men responsible for their children, even when it is inconvenient and they do not want them. We ought to do the same for women.
If the practice is inequitable where men get off a little easier, then we need to take steps to ensure that women are supported AND children are respected.
That is what a compassionate society should do.
TBM…If you read my post carefully I specifically stated that as a society we need to do more for pregnant women to support them during difficulties. I would never condone leaving someone on their own to deal with their issues, whatever the issues may be.
I have never 'blamed' anyone. I have simply said that people need to take responsibility for their actions.
TBM, you are chronically disingenuous, you have repeatedly shown that you are unable or unwilling to actually read and understand my posts.
Forgiveness does not remove the consequences of a person's actions.
The "But Jesus would forgive." argument is silly because it leaves us with absolutely no recourse for misbehaviour.
-we can't allow capital punishment because Jesus would forgive.
-we can't allow imprisonment because…
-we can't allow fines…
-we can't allow a slap on the wrist…
I didn't intend to equate a pregnancy with a crime and I can see how you got that from the structure of my post.
I don't see a need for forgiveness when someone is accidentally pregnant…unless maybe one of the two was deceitful.
the 'forgiveness' comments apply to criminals, not pregnant women. sorry for the confusion.
Should women be allowed to drink alcohol during pregnancy? Would it be reasonable for a woman, knowing that she is pregnant and knowing the considerable risk of FAS, to binge drink while pregnant?
I thought we might agree. But I say that she would be wrong to do so because it harms her child.
For further thought…
David Boonin, in his book "A Defense of Abortion" begins with this passage:
"On the desk in my office where most of this book was written and revised, there are several pictures of my son, Eli. In one, he is gleefully dancing on the sand along the Gulf of Mexico, the cool ocean breeze wreaking havoc with his wispy hair . . . .In the top drawer of my desk, I keep another picture of Eli. The picture was taken September 7, 1993, 24 weeks before he was born. The sonogram image is murky, but it reveals clearly enough a small head tilted back slightly, and an arm raised up and bent, with the hand pointing back toward the face and the thumb extended toward the mouth. **There is no doubt in my mind that this picture, too, shows the same little boy at a very early stage in his physical development.** And there is no question that the position I defend in this book entails that it would have been morally permissible to end his life at this point. (pp. xiii, xiv)
It is obvious that the harm done to the fetus persists after birth. (As an aside…how could that be if they are different entities as assumed by the 'its not a human' argument?)
Is not the greater wrong the intentional harming that causes the suffering of an innocent human being as opposed to 'harm' (financial) to society?
You say that none of these effects would result in abortion…I disagree.
"What she is doing will decrease its ability to function effectively"…abortion will eliminate its ability to function.
"will invite negative differential treatment from others"…abortion is the ultimate in 'negative differential treatment'.
"and likely result in the being being highly dependent on society for life needs." …well that one would be taken care of.
Wow! Reading the responses of the two of you (ron and tbm) is chilling. You two are some of the the coldest, most dispassionate people around. Right in the mold of secular, humanistic, evolutionists. It's a good thing for you that neither of your mom's wanted to get rid of the disgusting parasites that clung to their uterus like a cancer! But in your thinking you were one of the survivors. Those on the evolutionary journey who now command the upper hand. Like Hitler and Stalin (evolutionists) you desire to cleanse the humen race of all parasites. Right now it is the fetus (of which you were one), next the elderly (of which you may become) and then anyone who might be somewhat incognizant (which might happen to you) that your evolutionists will want to destroy. It is the natural progression of your thinking and where it will go. Those in power, the elitists, will determine life and death for everyone (Hitler, Stalin). This is where your worldview will take us. It might not be you personnally, but with time this will happen, if more people start thinking like you. I wouldn't want to be one of your next of kin because if anything happened to me you might be at my bedside sticking the needle in my arm to get rid of me. Ron, you're a 25 year old kid who thinks of himself as all knowing. Your in the mold of the Greek intellectuals who sat around and spouted off, the elitists of their day, thinking of themselves as better than everyone else.
Another thing worth taking account of is that the Earth is already overpopulated. The simple fact is, every child that is born today is going to be competing for an ever-shrinking pool of resources. Every child born makes the lives of every other child that little bit worse. Individually, the impact is negligible, but the cumulative impact is massive. Every aborted child means a better chance for the ones who are born to live decent lives. Anything which helps reduce this problem helps, and allowing women who don't want a child to not have one accomplishes this without doing any harm to anyone.
Since no one will accept mandated limits on reproduction, and no one will accept killing people who are already around to lower the population (I can't say I blame them on that last one,) any time someone voluntarily avoids reproduction it is a good thing, and if anything they should be rewarded, not punished. If anything, it's the women who choose to give birth and then put the child up for adoption who need punishing.
Apparently abortion causes more harm and suffering than it relieves…
From The Times Online…
"Women may be at risk of mental health breakdowns if they have abortions, a medical royal college has warned. The Royal College of Psychiatrists says women should not be allowed to have an abortion until they are counselled on the possible risk to their mental health.
This overturns the consensus that has stood for decades that the risk to mental health of continuing with an unwanted pregnancy outweighs the risks of living with the possible regrets of having an abortion. "
It is relevant information from a reliable source and it seems to me that it argues against your 'suffering' argument.
You seem to support abortion because it relieves the suffering of the mother. This statement argues that abortion causes more suffering than it relieves, contra your position.
Why would you say that abortion should be 'safe, legal and rare'? When Hilary Clinton clarified what she meant by rare, she said that she meant 'very rare'.
Your smoking analogy seems to suggest that abortion is a bad choice…why is that?
Personal autonomy is great, but rights always come with responsibilities.
The right to free speech comes with the responsibility to avoid hateful speech.
The right to vote comes with the responsibility to vote wisely.
The right to do what you want with your body comes with the responsibility to respect the integrity and dignity of other human bodies, especially those who are dependent upon you (like deadbeat dads and pregnant women).
TBM, you say:
'…the rate of abortion drops, and that is a good thing.'
'No one ever suggested that abortion is a choice that should be taken lightly.'
'I have never met someone who eagerly had an abortion,…'
'…an example of a choice people are allowed to make that I would rather they didn't make,'
'…I don't include fetuses as persons.'
The first four statements only make sense if the fetus is a person. If it is not a person, as you state, then why the difficulty in making the decision? Why is it good if the abortion rate drops?
Nobody anguishes over a decision to remove a tumor, or grieves its death. Nobody commits suicide after being overcome by grief after the removal of a tapeworm.
Your own words show that you think that the fetus is more than just a blob of tissue or a parasite.
You say:
'…*in the womb* they are not persons.' (emphasis mine)
Should abortion be legal through all nine months of pregnancy?
Now that we are clear…
Would it be acceptable for a woman to choose an abortion at 39 weeks gestation?
What is the difference between an abortion at 39 weeks and infanticide a couple days (hours?) later?
So now the child isn't even a person when she is outside the womb.
A while back you said that the disabled are persons with rights, now you say that we need to decide whether or not they have rights…
When does your 'logic' meet a moral barrier? Is sex-selection just cause for an abortion? What about intelligence? Skin color, eye color?
It seems to me that according to your view, anything is permissible. Please correct me if I am wrong.
This was a very interesting conversation to read. How come it died?
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May is Military Appreciation Month. One way we here at the Baker County Chamber of Commerce show our appreciation for the incredible sacrifices made by our nation's military servicemen, servicewomen and veterans is by helping them set up shop with their own successful businesses.
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April is National Stress Awareness Month, an annual campaign designed to educate Americans about the effects of stress on health, work performance, relationships and lives. And nobody knows stress like entrepreneurs. The Baker County Chamber of Commerce offers these four top tips for managing stress and ensuring a smooth daily operation of your business.
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In today's business world, a well-designed and functional website is a must for any business, particularly a small business. But considering that the average attention span of a website visitor is less than 15 seconds, the window of time to lock in a potential new customer is short.
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The 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Olustee went off with a bang this weekend as over 25,000 visitors from across the country filled the Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park in Baker County. For those not familiar with this historic battle, it was the largest one fought in Florida during the American Civil War.
Attendees stepped back in time as they crossed the railroad tracks at the park's entrance and entered a fully operational Civil War camp. The armies of both the Confederate States and the United States were represented in classic grey and blue uniforms as over 2,500 re-enactors took to the field. Festivities took place throughout the day including a medical demonstration, the reenactment itself and the grand ball which is often the highlight of the event.
This year hosted even larger numbers of tourists as the 150th Anniversary was celebrated. Re-enactors from Ohio, Chicago, New York and other Northern states made the trip to Florida to participate. Patriots on both sides of the confrontation were represented as local Floridians, including the Sons of Confederate Veterans participated on behalf of the Confederacy.
Vendors were also on hand selling Civil War era clothing, pipes, food and other gifts. Throughout the camps people enjoyed classic camping with campfire cooking, rustic tents and live music filling the air.
The battle this year was especially spectacular as palm trees and dirt took to the skies in epic explosions. During the original skirmish, 1,861 Union soldiers died in battle as did 946 Confederates. Teams of eight-man crews manned the cannons in the field, creating a true spectacle for the visitors of Olustee.
All in all it was a fun, safe and historical event, commemorating the memories of those who died and the respective causes they fought for. Next year should be just as great and we expect to see even more of you out there with us.
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- We cut all the pieces of ocume with circular saw.
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- We then apply glue into the holes and the edges of the other pieces together and assemble the base cabinets. Now, we can give color to the furniture.
- When the product has dried, sanded the entire surface with fine grit sandpaper and removed the dust.
- With the completely dry enamel, perform blind holes to accommodate the supports for the shelves inside the base cabinets.
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The application site is located to the north of Dartnell Avenue, roughly 0.7 miles to the east of West Byfleet Town Centre, on a plot which is approximately 0.19 hectares.
The proposed development will replace the existing dwelling with a high quality detached house, which will have a positive impact on the visual amenity of the local area. The proposed dwelling is traditional in style with steeply pitched roofs, bay windows, chimneys and a gable, constructed out of brick, render and hanging tile with plain clay tiles on the roof and painted timber windows and doors.
The development seeks to be sustainable in its broad sense, with the incorporation of sustainability features in its layout, built form and resource use. The scheme will deliver a safe and inclusive development, which protects and enhances the natural resources of the site.
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Hey, I've been trying to sign up for FurBase for a week or so and every day I check to see if its fully active but its still in Read Only mode, any ETA on when FurBase will return to its normal operation status or is FurBase going the way of the dino?
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Sadly development on Furbase was pretty well halted and the last updates it received were in 2008.
The code base is heavily outdated and issues that cannot be easily resolved have been brought to our attention by a recent review, a re-write which will mostly re-use the existing data is in the pipeline however it has not moved past a planning stage to lock in the exact features and end goal of the re-write due to time and financial constraints.
I realize that Furbase is a very useful tool, and I hope we can get to working on an improved replacement for it that the community will see good value in.
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A brain area, long recognised as the command centre for human speech, actually shuts down when we talk, a new study has found...
A brain area, long recognised as the command centre for human speech, actually shuts down when we talk, a new study has found.
Broca's area of the brain has been recognised as the command centre for human speech, including vocalisation.
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Scientists at University of California, Berkeley and Johns Hopkins University in Maryland have now challenged this long-held assumption after they found that Broca's area actually switches off when we talk out loud.
The discovery has major implications for the diagnoses and treatments of stroke, epilepsy and brain injuries that result in language impairments.
"Every year millions of people suffer from stroke, some of which can lead to severe impairments in perceiving and producing language when critical brain areas are damaged," said study lead author Adeen Flinker, a postdoctoral researcher at New York University who conducted the study as a UC Berkeley PhD student.
"Our results could help us advance language mapping during neurosurgery as well as the assessment of language impairments," Flinker said.
Flinker said that neuroscientists traditionally organised the brain's language centre into two main regions: one for perceiving speech and one for producing speech.
"That belief drives how we map out language during neurosurgery and classify language impairments," he said.
"This new finding helps us move towards a less dichotomous view where Broca's area is not a centre for speech production, but rather a critical area for integrating and coordinating information across other brain regions," he said.
Flinker and fellow researchers found that Broca's area – which is located in the frontal cortex above and behind the left eye – engages with the brain's temporal cortex, which organises sensory input, and later the motor cortex, as we process language and plan which sounds and movements of the mouth to use, and in what order.
However, the study found, it disengages when we actually start to utter word sequences.
"Broca's area shuts down during the actual delivery of speech, but it may remain active during conversation as part of planning future words and full sentences," Flinker said.
The study tracked electrical signals emitted from the brains of seven hospitalised epilepsy patients as they repeated spoken and written words aloud.
Researchers followed that brain activity – using event-related causality technology – from the auditory cortex, where the patients processed the words they heard, to Broca's area, where they prepared to articulate the words to repeat, to the motor cortex, where they finally spoke the words out loud.
The findings are published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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While the Aisin Shower Toilet fits most existing toilet bases, it is important that you check the type and size of your toilet base before purchasing and attempting installation.
Please note that once the packaging has been opened, the seat cannot be returned.
While the Aisin Shower Toilet fits most existing toilet bases, it is important that you check the type and size of your toilet base before purchasing and attempting installation.
Please note that once the packaging has been opened, the seat cannot be returned.
Inspection Points
- Is there a power outlet near the toilet? This product requires a standard electrical outlet, and the length of the power cord provided with your installation kit is approximately 1 m (39 inches). If you do not have access to a standard outlet, please contract a certified electrician to install an outlet.
- Does your toilet have a water tank? The bidet shower is not compatible with flush valve type toilets often seen in offices, schools and public and commercial buildings. (See below for image of a flush valve toilet.)
- Is your toilet a 1-piece or 2-piece type? Most toilets have a seat base and a separate tank, which is classified as 2-piece type. Some modern toilets feature a tank that is enclosed in the toilet model. These are known as 1-piece types, and may not be compatible with the shower toilet. (See image below for depiction of toilet types.)
- Does your toilet base have a 90-degree seat angle? Some toilets have a diagonal or curved slant near the seat area. Your toilet base needs to be flat all the way back to the tank to ensure proper installation. (See image below.)
- Does your toilet have an elongated seat? If your toilet is rounded, the edges will be visible after installation of the elongated shower toilet seat. An elongated seat is suitable and recommended for aesthetic purposes.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn.- The Lipscomb women's tennis team will play at home and on the road in its second weekend of regular season action.
First up is a meeting with Western Carolina at the Whitworth Indoor Center on Friday at 7 p.m., and then the Bisons will hit the road on Saturday to take on Chattanooga at 5 p.m.
Friday's matchup will be between familar foes as Lipscomb opened its fall season by taking part in the Western Carolina Invitational last September.
During the tournament, which also featured Presbyterian, Tusculum and Young Harris, Denise Buberl and Madeline Brooks each picked up singles wins against Western Carolina. The doubles team of Brooks and Thabile Tshatedi also defeated Western Carolina's Savannah Taranto and Alexa Webb by a score of 7-5.
On Saturday, Lipscomb will be searching for its first victory in a series that has been dominated by the Mocs, who have won all 10 meetings between the two schools. The Bisons dropped a 4-2 contest to Chattanooga at home last February.
Lipscomb began its spring season with losses at Middle Tennessee and Alabama last weekend. No Bisons recorded a victory, although matches were played in clinch format.
Check LipscombSports.com on Saturday night for a full recap of both matches. Updates will also be posted to the team's Twitter page (@LipscombWTennis).