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[thewayne]

"I'm a reasonable person. And if people can come up with a reasonable explanation of why they would like to kill a baby, I'll listen."
—Dr. Ben Carson

Carson knows that a "baby", to use his words, at one month old will not survive outside the womb. It does not have a brain or identity. Yet it can be detected that it may represent a mortal threat to the mother's health, or that it won't be viable. But apparently that doesn't register on his radar.

The thing that I love about pro-lifers is their attitudes on other things. For example, Carson's "Everybody attack the gunman!" statement, followed by "I think you want the person behind the counter" when a gun was shoved in his ribs at a Popeye's. It's also common for pro-life politicians to support the death penalty, and also eliminate any support for baby-carriers after they deliver.

Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.

Comments

[cp.livejournal.com]

That Popeye's story seems to have faded, but apparently the police dept of the city where he said it happened advised that they had no record of any such incident, though they'd be happy to confirm if more details could be provided. Never heard more after that, though. So it's probably a BS story anyway.

And yes, so-called pro-life people who are also pro-gun, pro-war, pro-death-penalty, and anti-social-safety-net (pretty much all of them, in other words) I find utterly hypocritical. They claim human life begins at conception, yet they seem so much more concerned about its sanctity prior to birth. I can't figure out why that is.

Meanwhile, read this if you haven't. Evangelicals who like the cut of Carson's jib may be in for a rude awakening since he probably considers them all pawns of Satan.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/10/ben-carson-seventh-day-adventist-evangelical-voters-Iowa

[silveradept]

It is, indeed. One might almost suggest that of someone is truly pro-life, they would be much more in favor of setting up conditions such that children will have the greatest potential for good lives.