Laura2000mi

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1. Second semester sophomore needs advise on how to find student nurse job.

   Laura2000mi replied to Alonya's topic in General Students

   The hospitals in my area will hire nurse externs after they complete Meg-Surg I, which is 2nd semester of my BSN program.

2. Does anyone know if, generally speaking,

   Laura2000mi replied to onehusbandsevenkids's topic in General Students

   Where I live (Flint, Michigan), the community college has a 6+ year waiting list, and the university has none (twice a year, students apply to get into the program, and the 40 most qualified get accepted). I work for my school's nursing department, a...

3. Would you assist in abortions?

   Laura2000mi replied to Blackcat99's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Thank you very much for the link. It is going to take me a long time to digest it. Deep stuff!

4. Would you assist in abortions?

   Laura2000mi replied to Blackcat99's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I guess I would say then that my only logical argument to support the pro-choice side is this: If you kill the fetus prior to it becoming a person, then it is never immoral. If you kill the fetus after it becomes a person, then it is always immoral. ...

5. Would you assist in abortions?

   Laura2000mi replied to Blackcat99's topic in Ob/Gyn

   i am not sure what you are saying here. dead tissue does not turn into a living being, no. life cannot come out of death. but we know for absolute certain that one of these three things must be true: living tissue (a fetus) is always a human b...

6. Would you assist in abortions?

   Laura2000mi replied to Blackcat99's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I admit that I am not able to "prove" that personhood begins at conception, but that is the earliest possible point where it could begin, and so by using that point as (conception), I know a priori that I will never murder an innocent person, and thu...

7. Would you assist in abortions?

   Laura2000mi replied to Blackcat99's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Okay fergus (and all else reading this), this is my very first, original "all-by-myself" argument. The other stuff I was arguing was based somewhat on things I was taught by other philosophers, but the following argument is my own (and therfore proba...

8. Would you assist in abortions?

   Laura2000mi replied to Blackcat99's topic in Ob/Gyn

   No, I am not saying abortion is immoral and moral at the same time. I am saying circumstances and time affect it. You conceded that murder is not murder if it isn't a person being killed (like the tapeworm). If a fetus is not a person before a certai...

9. Would you assist in abortions?

   Laura2000mi replied to Blackcat99's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Steph- what do you mean the the unique soul (person) is lost? Isn't the soul eternal? If not, how do the childen get to heaven? I am just curious what you mean when you say the soul is lost, I am not disagreeing with you. Usually I hear people say a ...

10. Would you assist in abortions?

    Laura2000mi replied to Blackcat99's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Fergus- I would like to continue our debate if you are willing, but I might need a day or so (or maybe just a few hours...) to "catch my breath". I was up last night at 4:00 am having all of this stuff race though my head. I feel alot better abou...

11. Would you assist in abortions?

    Laura2000mi replied to Blackcat99's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well, I would argue that there are two sides to us as persons: the animalistic part, and the eternal (soul) part. The animalistic part is our bodies, and the eternal part of us could also be referred to as our free will, the ability to chose between ...

12. Would you assist in abortions?

    Laura2000mi replied to Blackcat99's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thank you in return. I will admit, I was really worried that I would be flamed on the spot, as some of my beliefs could be considered "close minded". But, no flames came, and every one was respectful of each other, either by silently looking on, or b...

13. Would you assist in abortions?

    Laura2000mi replied to Blackcat99's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It is not a question of "if this fetus survives to adulthood, will it become a person?". (Any fetus that survives to adulthood WILL become a person.) The question, and similarly, the burden of proof lay in proving the fetus NOT to be a person, becau...

14. Would you assist in abortions?

    Laura2000mi replied to Blackcat99's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Fergus- Please understand that I have the utmost respect for you as a person and as a nurse, and sincerely do not mean to be disrespectful or rude when posting this. I have spent a long time "tweaking" this so that it hopefully comes across the way ...

15. Would you assist in abortions?

    Laura2000mi replied to Blackcat99's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Actually, that is the key to our argument. You must prove that after twenty weeks (or whatever number) there is guaranteed "viability", in order for viability to be the discerning factor. It HAS to be absolute. Not "likely". Absolute. The burden of p...