Democrat Hypocrisy on Abortion, Privacy Rights

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"Opt out" is not going to be enforced very hard when it's Brodsky's daughter who needs a new kidney. Or when Obama needs a new conscience. That's the point, Will, this is the first step towards making organ donation mandatory at the point of a gun.
This is a very bad idea that can be easily turned into a Larry Niven nightmare. Want to be cut up for spare parts after your 4th speeding ticket? That's where this kind of crap ends, and before you say "it can't happen here" remember what happened to Japanese-Americans in 1942. It's a very short step from that to Doctor Mengele.

Frank of WV 7:55AM May 01, 2010

Rich says theft, murder, rape & slavery are OK in a godless world. But look at Scripture. God says "Thou shalt not kill." Then he drowns all but eight on the Ark. He has Mary bear a baby who is doomed to die as part of "God's Great Plan." Lot does terrible evil when God lets him impregnate both virgin daughters. Scripture establishes slavery & tells slaves to be obedient. Rape happens many times in Bible tales. God sends Israelites to steal the land developed by people of Canaan. Isaiah says God himself creates evil. As I read anti-atheist comments, they indicate I must be reading holy books more carefully than believers are supposed to do every day. When I say religions was invented to create church income with the tithe system, nobody can say preaching is free. I have a preacher relative who would give up that job as soon as it stopped bringing the paycheck, plus church-subsidized retirement in a church senior center. I have a right to free thought, and I exercise that right. As a taxpayer, I want tax-paid abortion because public subsidy of poor unwed moms means they deplete my assets. I worked since l941 & all those years some of my worki was taken by the IRS to support religious overbreeders.

aua dawn veirs of CA 3:18AM May 01, 2010

"No one can ever accuse the government of being consistent"
They're consistently inconsistent, though. Gotta give 'em that.
"What is right and wrong in an atheistic universe?"
Whatever he who holds the power (and is willing to use it) says it is. Period. Like Stalin said, "no man - no problem."
Atheists like to claim that they have moral compasses, but they're really just performing in their own ethical comfort zones. They often can't take the next jump in logic, which is that in a Godless universe, there is no wrong, no right, no evil, no good, and no inherent rights. Theft, rape, murder and slavery are perfectly fine in such a universe, provided one has the power to do them unchallenged.

Rich of CO 6:08PM April 30, 2010

I'm not from NY and don't know the details of what Brodsky is proposing. My guess is that it is a change that requires potential donors to opt-out, rather than opt-in, which is the current scheme. It's called a "nudge," in which the default position is to favor the public good. So long as the individual still has a choice, I don't see a problem.
The OK law, which I have read, is designed to be as invasive as possible, requiring a vaginal probe, as opposed to the abdominal probe we're familiar with from TV medical shows. It also shields doctors from malpractice suits for deliberately withholding information from the woman that the fetus has a birth defect. This law is a blatant attempt to interfere with the doctor-patient relationship and the woman's legal right to an abortion.

Will of OK 5:50PM April 30, 2010

No, the reason Christians and others are pro-life is not because they want money. It is because the unborn are human beings deserving of the same rights as those who are born: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The atheist and other naturalists can only say that one human's life is no more important or of less value than a parasite, a group of cancer cells, a puppy, or another human being. There is no right and wrong because the standard for such a thing does not exist for creatures that are the products of random chance.
http://www.usnews.com/news/best-leaders/articles/2009/12/29/nih-director-francis-collins-takes-the-lead-in-reconciling-science-and-religion.html
Ladies and gentlemen, follow this link and you'll see that aura would rather people commit suicide rather than help those who are going through periods of pain and depression. Aura is hung up on money for whatever reason. The motive behind any Christian in doing good deeds is to show the love of God not for money, fame, etc. Mother Teresa was well known, but she did not live in a grand mansion funded by donations. The apostles were brutally murdered without making millions or having their own statue made in their honor. But aura would have you believe, that Christianity's purpose was to make money and that is simply not true.
As for embryonic stem cells, it has been found that adult stem cells work just as well as embryonic stem cells and it doesn't kill the unborn. Of course, what is the value of human life? What is right and wrong in an atheistic universe?

Patrick of KY 5:29PM April 30, 2010

Think about it...why does Prolife exists? It began because an aborted conception does not live to become a believer who will pay the huge ten percent lifetime tithe. It does not live to pay fees for special services like weddings, baptisms, confirmation, church school & funerals. The dollar value of a conception drops to zero if it is aborted. For the same reason, church law bans suicide.. corpses don't tithe. For just one time, I'd like to have Prolifers admit they are protecting church income. As for giving organs, it is such a wonderful scientific breakthrough that transplants usually survive and give new life to recipients. In a way, it rather eases the task of dying, to know someone else can use parts left behind so they don't go to waste. Mourners are usually spared costs of burial or cremation when a donor dies, because the medical agency that does the transplant takes care of that. I wish very much that religious objections to embryonic stem cells would stop. As America ages, many people would like to have a brand new set of tooth buds put in place. The buds grow to be the right size and they end the need for dentures. Thanks for the good topic.

aua dawn veirs of CA 5:10PM April 30, 2010