Two points.

Post #349,472 by hnick 10/21/11 9:32:17 AM Reply	Two points. First and foremost: It is a private medical decision and the only principal involved is the woman. She may CHOOSE to be informed by her partner, family, doctor, clergy, or pet cat. She is the only principal in the decision. If he ever said that, I would deem him correct. It is my impression he replaced conciseness with a lot of weasel words, but I'm being hugely fallible these days. Second: I don't think the point is that he actually has made a clear stand. I think he is trying to stand firmly on both sides of the fence without straddling. It's a difficult trick and I don't think he does it very well. In my opinion, he's just another hack who would piss on a spark plug for more power or prestige read *MONEY*
Post #349,475 by mmoffitt 10/21/11 9:37:53 AM 10/21/11 9:39:07 AM Reply	Addendum. And I have a point for you. I should have said that I agree with the quoted statement as written. I'll buy your argument that "the only principal involved is the woman" if and only if you buy the proposition that the biological father to an out of wedlock pregnant teen is held harmless by any decision the "woman" makes. An out of wedlock teen pregnancy is a mistake. Once pregnant, a decision needs to be made. Whatever decision is made, if the sperm contributing partner has no say in the next decision, he shouldn't be held accountable for the consequences of that decision. But that's not the way the law currently works, is it? Better to leave it out of the law entirely. Edited by mmoffitt Oct. 21, 2011, 09:39:07 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #349,486 by hnick 10/21/11 11:46:20 AM Reply	Different subject, but the law should be rewritten. Given agreement on the basics, an appropriate law could be written. Before they get to the basics, however, they have to solve something involving waltzing angels and pins. I'm not hopeful.
Post #349,488 by Another Scott 10/21/11 12:35:42 PM Reply	Well, there is that... ;-)
Post #349,490 by boxley 10/21/11 12:41:13 PM Reply	144 well known fact used to be 150 but six got pulled off due to the burgeoning virgin supply crisis Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 55 years. meep

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