Originally posted by Adrift
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We've had this debate with ox fairly recently, and some of us even quoted to him the same sources you reference in your linked posts, but for whatever reason, he's REALLY committed to this idea that a fetus at an early stage of development is not a protected being, and he interprets scripture accordingly. That along with his apparent strong emotions relating to this topic, and his fixation on abortion sometimes being necessary to save a rape victim from emotional anguish and suicidal thoughts, leads me to believe there's more to the story that he is unwilling to share (and like I said, it's none of our business).
I guess my point is, don't expect reasoned and rational debate from him. In my case, I repeatedly expressed sympathy for women who get pregnant as a result of rape, but he dismissed it as "window dressing" simply because I disagreed with him that it is morally acceptable for the woman to abort in such circumstances. He even mocked the idea that a woman could come to love a child who was conceived during rape.
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