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Unbelievable

A 15 year old girl can have an abortion without her parents permission.   But, the FDA is banning teenagers from tanning booths unless they have their parents permission.

GAITHERSBURG, Md. – Federal health experts say more restrictions are needed to protect teenagers from the cancer risks of tanning beds, including a potential ban for people under 18.

A panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration recommended Thursday that the agency put tighter controls on artificial tanning, ranging from requiring parental consent forms to banning the practice in younger teens.

“Given the absence of any demonstrated benefit, I think it’s an obligation for us to ban artificial tanning for those under 18,” said panelist Dr. Michael Olding…

More than 30 states already have tanning salon regulations in place — including a handful that require parental consent — but new FDA requirements would apply nationally.

Your teenage daughter can’t go into a tanning booth unless she has YOUR permission but she can have an abortion without your permission.   How in the world can they justify that?

Tiller Didn't Deserve It

Dr. George Tiller was an abortionist and one of just a few doctors in the United States that would perform a late term abortion on a viable infant.  To me, it's immoral and unconscionable to do such a procedure, but morality aside, it is legal.  It's just as immoral or unconscionable to take the law into your own hands to murder someone who does what Dr. Tiller did. 

Regardless of how strongly an individual individual feels about an issue (and abortion is one issue that can bring out some strong feelings), you do not have the right to take the law into your own hands.  Killing  another human being by an ordinary citizen can only be justified for self-defense reasons.

I note that Dr. Tiller belonged to an ELCA Lutheran Church.  It's interesting because I  belong to an ELCA Congregation here in Tacoma.  I don't know how I would react to someone like Dr. Miller in the congregation.  I do know, that I would cause him no harm or be uncivil.  It's not Christian.

To those of you who think it was justified to kill Dr. Tiller, you are no better than he was.  Those of us who are anti-abortion, our cause was not served by this idiot's actions.

My sincerest condolences to Dr. Tiller's family on their loss.  He did not deserve to be gunned down in cold blood.

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