Pro-life Super Bowl Ad: Question for RF - Page 6

DallasApple · #51 02-06-2010, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Kathryn

I have a really novel idea:

Why don't we all stop spouting off about a commercial that we haven't seen?

How 'bout we all regroup on the topic AFTER we've seen the commercial and we can actually give more informed commentary?

I know, it's a crazy idea...but it ...just...might...work...

No..I had thought of that.I would really like to see the commercial for discussion.Just I believe someone here said they had knowledge that in part the content was one story of a mother at risk that chose not to abort at her doctors recommendation.It was hard not to comment on that.At least for me .

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Kathryn · #52 02-06-2010, 12:30 PM

Hey, no prob, Dallas. I know - I responded too!

But in review, it looks like there aren't any really verifiable facts out there yet about the ad. I just figure that I will wait and see it and see who sponsors it before I judge it.

DallasApple · #53 02-06-2010, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Kathryn

Hey, no prob, Dallas. I know - I responded too!

But in review, it looks like there aren't any really verifiable facts out there yet about the ad. I just figure that I will wait and see it and see who sponsors it before I judge it.

Agreed.

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DallasApple · #54 02-06-2010, 12:35 PM

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NPR?

National Public Radio????

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Sunstone · #55 02-06-2010, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by godischange

NPR does not count as a legitimate source-

I don't much care for NPR -- I never listen to them -- but this is the first time I've seen them tossed into the FOX News category of illegitimate sources. Thanks for the chuckle.

Magic Man · #56 02-06-2010, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Kathryn

You know what - MY opinion doesn't matter if I don't back it with action. I can say all day long, "I am pro-choice!" but if I don't support pro choice candidates or support my daughter when she chooses an abortion as her best alternative, then all my talk about it is nothing more than hot air.

It doesn't matter whether or not you apply it to yourself. My point is that the idea that an opinion only matters if you're actively working on something. I think the wars we have going on in the Middle East are stupid and wasteful. I don't protest them, but I don't think that means my opinion is worthless or meaningless. I think claiming that it is is silly.

Magic Man · #57 02-06-2010, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Kathryn

Not sure where you're getting your definitions from.

A high risk pregnancy is one in which the life or health of the mother and/or baby is significantly at imminent risk. Wouldn't you agree?

Yup. That's why if 50% or more of the "high-risk" pregnancies turn out fine, then I guess they weren't all high-risk. If you have 100 pregnancies where the life or health of the mother and/or baby is significantly at imminent risk, then at least 60 of them are going to result in the life or health of one of them is severely harmed.

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With careful management and monitoring, many of these risks can be controlled, and both mother and baby often then stand a decent chance of being protected.

Right, which would mean they are no longer very high-risk.

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But the situation is deemed high risk because WITHOUT careful medical management, things could go very wrong.

Sure, but with medical attention, it's not high-risk anymore.

The point is that if a doctor tells a woman she should not have the baby due to the high risk of complications that would endanger her or the baby's life, the woman shouldn't look to one example where that advice was ignored and it worked out OK. They should look at the thousands of times it was heeded and ignored.