Lesson No. 3a - Birth Control
Opening statement: Human life is, above all other life, to be most treasured and protected. It is important for one to define when one understands life to begin so that said one can appropriately defend, honor, dignify and protect human life.
To my knowledge there are 4 available methods of contraception:
1. abstinence
2. barrier methods
3. hormone medications (“birth control pill, patch, shot”)
4. surgical methods
It is important for anyone choosing to use a form of birth control to first determine when they understand life to begin; it is paramount that this decision be made without regard for personal convenience or preference. Making this decision will allow the individual to choose a method of contraception that does not disrupt development prior to the determined point. If an individual is ignorant or not concerned about how a particular method functions and yet holds firm a conviction about the beginning of life, that one is in danger of Intellectual Dishonesty and committing a crime, not defined by public law but by that one’s own definition and conviction.
We earlier discussed various time points for arguing when life begins.
1. The point that the sperm meets the egg
2. The point that the zygote (the new cell created by the sperm / egg union) implants in the uterus.
3. The point of birth, when the new baby is physically separated from the mother.
In order to maintain a readable post length, the next posting will discuss the points found herein.
To my knowledge there are 4 available methods of contraception:
1. abstinence
2. barrier methods
3. hormone medications (“birth control pill, patch, shot”)
4. surgical methods
It is important for anyone choosing to use a form of birth control to first determine when they understand life to begin; it is paramount that this decision be made without regard for personal convenience or preference. Making this decision will allow the individual to choose a method of contraception that does not disrupt development prior to the determined point. If an individual is ignorant or not concerned about how a particular method functions and yet holds firm a conviction about the beginning of life, that one is in danger of Intellectual Dishonesty and committing a crime, not defined by public law but by that one’s own definition and conviction.
We earlier discussed various time points for arguing when life begins.
1. The point that the sperm meets the egg
2. The point that the zygote (the new cell created by the sperm / egg union) implants in the uterus.
3. The point of birth, when the new baby is physically separated from the mother.
In order to maintain a readable post length, the next posting will discuss the points found herein.
posted by OS Hopper at Thursday, January 12, 2006
1 Comments:
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Your post reminded me of a time when a male co-worker asked me why, as a woman, I am not pro-choice. I replied to him that I am in fact pro-choice. I believe in the right of a woman to choose not to have sex if she doesn't want to get pregnant.
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