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Originally posted by: jimbo
I don't really see abortion as a religious arguement.
could of fooled me that website you posted a link to, seems to indicate otherwise.
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Originally posted by: Zombie Chewbacca
You know, when a teenage girl is raped and impregnated, I think she should have that choice. I think every woman should have that choice, honestly. Who am I to tell a female what she can or can not do to herself?
the question is, is she only doing somthing to herself?
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Originally posted by: Zombie Chewbacca
What I don't like about this debate is that it is so easy to get on some fake moral highground and dismiss the girl as a slut or a whore.
I agree with you this happens too often.
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Originally posted by: Zombie Chewbacca
But where are all the protestors after she doesn't have the abortion? They don't give 2 fucks about that baby after it's born. It's easy to say 'Human life is precious' when you don't have to deal with it.
there is always adoption. If a woman kills a her newborn child just because she doesn't have enough money raise it or doesn't feel that this the right time in her life to be raising a child, this is called murder. Why? Because a newborn is clearly a human being entitled to the same right to life that you or I would have. The real question that is very difficult to answer is, what is the fetus? Is it human life? Is it entitled to the same rights a newborn would have? If it is, then the reason given for having an abortion because of lack of money or she does not want to raise a child right now are invalid. Just as they would be if you used then in the defending of the killing of a newborn. I am not saying that the fetus is human life and is entiled to the same right to life that we have. I just saying that, that is the question needs to be answered. What is the fetus?
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Originally posted by: Zombie Chewbacca
We all know abortions are disturbing to look at, but so are countless other medical precedures.
abortion is not like other medical precedures. In most other medical precedures , it is not in question as to wheither or not a human is being killed. I'm not saying a human is being in during an abortion, but it is in question. Another question I have. Even if a fetus is not considered human, are their nevous systems developed enough to feel pain ? How much pain would the fetus feel during the abortion? It is right to inflict pain apon the fetus even if it is not human. We wouldn't allow someone to torture a dog or cat. Should we allow some one to inflict pain apon the fetus?
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Originally posted by: Zombie Chewbacca
No one likes abortion, but illegalizing them won't make them go away.
probably true. If abortions are banned women would have back door abortions or go to a country where they are legal. Which is what happen is the USA before abortion was legal.