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Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 3:52 pm
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Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 8:36 am
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Synnthetika What is your personal belief/opinion on abortion? Ultimately the woman must be able to control her own body and make her own choices. That said, Abortion is a choice that forethought and effort can often avoid, and abortion should not be someone's idea of casual birth control.
Quote: Does your religion/belief system support your personal belief? Yes and no. The role that family plays within my culture and the traditional religious perspective associated with it is incredibly important. That said, there are appropriate situations wherein ending a pregnancy is considered the best choice available.
There was legitamate concern that my Grandmother was not the product of my Great Grandparent's union because of what happened to my Baba during her time in the Camps. I cannot begin to fathom how my Baba pondered this issue. I know that in the end, because there was a chance it was her husband's and not that of the SS officers, she decided to keep it. She had a feeling that it was her husband's the moment she held Grandma in her arms.
The curious thing is that one of my cousins who is from Baba's second marriage tested positive for haplogroup H as part of a genographic study we participated in. It raises some questions about the ethnicity of her second husband.
Quote: If not, how do you come to terms with balancing what your religion/belief system dictates and your personal opinion/belief? Simply, I don't project my cultural or religious expectations onto others.
That would be insanely stupid, since outside of the Rroma, people don't follow the purity standards we live by.
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Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 7:41 pm
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TeaDidikai Synnthetika What is your personal belief/opinion on abortion? Ultimately the woman must be able to control her own body and make her own choices. That said, Abortion is a choice that forethought and effort can often avoid, and abortion should not be someone's idea of casual birth control. Quote: Does your religion/belief system support your personal belief? Yes and no. The role that family plays within my culture and the traditional religious perspective associated with it is incredibly important. That said, there are appropriate situations wherein ending a pregnancy is considered the best choice available. There was legitamate concern that my Grandmother was not the product of my Great Grandparent's union because of what happened to my Baba during her time in the Camps. I cannot begin to fathom how my Baba pondered this issue. I know that in the end, because there was a chance it was her husband's and not that of the SS officers, she decided to keep it. She had a feeling that it was her husband's the moment she held Grandma in her arms. The curious thing is that one of my cousins who is from Baba's second marriage tested positive for haplogroup H as part of a genographic study we participated in. It raises some questions about the ethnicity of her second husband. Quote: If not, how do you come to terms with balancing what your religion/belief system dictates and your personal opinion/belief? Simply, I don't project my cultural or religious expectations onto others. That would be insanely stupid, since outside of the Rroma, people don't follow the purity standards we live by.
What does Baba mean? Where can I find information about the Rroma?
If she had known that her child was fathered by the SS officer do you think she would have terminated the pregnancy?
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Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 8:39 pm
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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 10:05 pm
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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 10:13 pm
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Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 2:55 am
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Synnthetika What is your personal belief/opinion on abortion? My stance is a product of my mother and grandmother; I am pro-choice.
In many circumstances, I am torn over the rights of (generally) the three parties involved; the mother, the child, and the father.
I believe the mother has rights to what goes into, out of, and remains in her body. Forcing anyone to deliver to term, I feel, is tantamount to a raping of her rights to physical integrity.
The rights of the child, being a living being at the time, I do feel are worthy of thought and consideration. If at all possible, I would hope that the technology would occur that a viable fetus, in the womb of a woman who does not want it, could still be implanted in another or "raised" in a test tube to give that being the opportunity I believe it does deserve. Until that time, in the United States, a fetus is not given legal rights as it is not a person under the terminology set forth. Ergo, the mother's rights trump the fetus' at this point.
The father; perhaps this is just me being contrary, but what about his say? Yes, he doesn't get to carry the child, risk health and mental status to care for the child before even this country would recognize it as a person. But he did provide a contribution to said being and I would have, in an ideal world, his concerns broached and seriously considered.
Most of my position is based on the hope that a person considering abortion has weighed multiple possibilities, as well as doesn't hold this option as their primary, or even secondary, method of birth control (beyond the costs, what about side affects? Health issues?). My overall position is mostly based on the assumption that people would be responsible (naive, yes).
There are some circumstances though that I believe deserve a one off to contemplate if more than just this procedure is necessary (other birth control devices, further education, or significant therapy).
Synnthetika Does your religion/belief system support your personal belief? It does neither. It emphasizes personal choice and responsibility.
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Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 5:44 am
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Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 7:13 am
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Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 7:20 am
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Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 7:14 am
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Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 8:44 am
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Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 9:11 am
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Under my path, it is not particularly cut and dry. If one feels it is the best choice in their situation, than it is Ma'at. If they feel it is not and do so anyway, than it isn't. It would be best to discuss it with the father, if he is involved, to prevent causing undue pain, but it is not absolutely necessary.
I do not profess to know whether or not preborn children have souls or not, but I personally feel that, no matter the reason, if abortion is the best choice for the mother, than that choice should be available to her.
This is all from my personal understanding of what is, and is not, Ma'at, however.
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