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• Monday, November 3, 2008 01:50 AM

  "a ballot initiative..... that life begins at conception"

  Ohm, this sounds like the most stupid thing ever.

  Forget for a second that is is a simply ridiculous proposition (...think of the legal aspect.

  So legally every miscarriage would have to be investigated for Manslaughter?

  in-vitro fertilization...Stem Cell research ....Murder now?

  Say a couple has unprotected sexual intercourse one evening. Will they be required the next morning to call a government office to announce the potential creation of a new "person" - a citizen, as it were - which must be registered just like we register a birth certificate now?

  Will the huge number of potential registered "persons" set up new tax problems for the state (for instance, does the fertilized egg get a "child tax deduction", causing the state to lose millions in operating income while adding millions to its management costs?

  What if there is a problem with the pregnancy, and it is a threat to the mother's "health" (*wink to McCain). This happens often, and if the mother dies...well the "person" will die too....however, what is the legal procedure now? What kind of precedent is set?

  What if the mother requires a medical treatment to save her life, but it will endanger the baby?

  What now? Can she still get it?

  For this and many other reasons.... This is the most stupid thing ever.

  —jamiso Read jamiso's other letters
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