“Hands off our ovaries!”Feminists, pro-lifers campaign together

California Catholic Daily ^ | May 11, 2007

[trisham]

Thank God for the feminists who can see what's coming down the road. The further they get into opposing this, the more they'll see the whole picture, babies and all.

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It's very possible, Mrs. D.

[Tax-chick]

Excellent discussion!

[AD from SpringBay]

How about, “Hands off my seat belt!” I imagine most if not all the scurrilious baby killing hags were in favor or mandatory seat belts and air bags.

[Pyro7480]

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[Mrs. Don-o]

Yes, thank you, Pyro my friend.

[Pinkbell]

I’m really glad that both sides are able to find common ground here. Pro-lifers realize it is dangerous for women, but we also realize it is immoral to create embryos to experiment on. Killing or endangering another person for the sake of research or cloning is horrendous. The pro-choicers see only the danger to women aspect. Afterall, women are likely to be desparate and coerced into this for some easy money without knowledge of the risks to themselves.

[little jeremiah]

Excellent article by FR's own Mrs. Don-o, and informative discussion on the thread. Maybe some feminists will see the larger picutre. I hope so. And the "progress" of mad science continues. Just because some procedure or practice is scientifically possible doesn't mean it is right, moral, beneficial or should be done. Science uninformed by morality leads to great evil.

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[Jaded]

Perhaps that would depend on which country one lives in.

[Jaded]

Do you think men would step up to donate sperm if they knew there would be long term adverse affects? Would they research it first? There are plenty of reasons that infertility is such a problem for more women than there were two or three decades ago, this is going to complicate it even more.

College students don’t really think in terms of what effect will this have on my marriage and wanting a family in 10 years.

[metmom]

It's too bad that the reason the pro-choicers oppose this is because it harms women instead of the moral considerations of what they're doing to the eggs and human beings that are being created and destroyed for the purpose of *research*.

Nevertheless, if they'll oppose it, I can't complain.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Every step in the direction of treating human beings with decency and consideration, is a step in the right direction, and reinforces every other area of decency and respect. Those who really love women, will eventually love those who are intimately connected to women -— our fathers, husbands and brothers -— and then our children, born and unborn.

It’s like mosaic pieces. The more pieces -— miniature images of God-— you put in place, the more likely you will finally discern the Big Picture, the Creator of all.