Comments for The Puzzle and the Challenge of Pro-Life Legislation at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 3 out of 3 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Sat, 18 May 2013 01:29:38 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/the-puzzle-and-the-challenge-of-pro-life-legislation.html#comment-4536 An emphasis on anesthetizing victims of abortion, even though indirect and seemingly ignoring the evil of abortion, may be the most effective in bringing the issues to a head. Would a pro-abortion advocate actually be willing to protest that the infants being killed should not be anesthetized? - Howard Kainz Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:03:43 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/the-puzzle-and-the-challenge-of-pro-life-legislation.html#comment-4535 Clearly, abortion (and the administration of contraceptive devices or drugs) is NOT standard medical practice. If it were, parental consent, and informed consent legislation, would be unremarkable; indeed, there would be no special parental consent legislation because, like all other elective medical procedures, parental consent would be expected. And failure to provide, or at least to offer, all relevant information related to the procedure would obviously be treated as malpractice. - Richard A Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:14:13 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/the-puzzle-and-the-challenge-of-pro-life-legislation.html#comment-4534 Excellent point, the question posed to the anesthesiologist; there's a reason the Honorable Richard Casey is a judge and I am not. I plan to add this query to my defense of life argument. - JPamy Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:43:09 +0100