Abortion

[Sirrus]

The death penalty thread inspired me to start this thread. This is an issue I care about only because other people care SO STRONGLY about it that I feel the need to tell them (if they are pro-life) why their opinion is politically wrong and why this is a non-issue.

Personally, I am pro-life. I think abortion is wrong and if I was a female in an unwanted pregnancy I would have the baby, but politically I think it is unrealistic to take a pro-life standpoint and act on that because simply for this reason. Banning abortion doesn't remove the woman's feeling like she needs to get an abortion, it just removes her ability to have a safe and clean abortion performed. If I'm stripping her of that ability, I'm almost putting her in a worse spot because now, if her desire to have an abortion is stronger than her resolve to live through this pregnancy and have the baby, then she's going to get an illegal abortion performed that probably isn't safe and definitely isn't legal. She might even do something ridiculous, like stick a coat hanger up her uterus to self-abort the baby.

Thoughts?

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[Eryehk]

Whats up with the poll.

[Sirrus]

Whats up with the poll.

Fixin' some stuff.

Now it's good.

[Caution]

I agree. It's annoying as hell, all these stupid people feeling so strongly about it, cursing and undermining anyone who gets one. The damn churches buy stupid anti-abortion billboards.

I can't even put my thoughts into words.

[Sirrus]

The damn churches buy stupid anti-abortion billboards.

I said I was pro-life, but politically I think it's unrealistic to have a pro-life agenda.

Fundamentally, I think abortion is wrong.

[Skele]

I believe abortion should be a choice. The baby may be alive, but it isn't really living, if you kind of get what I mean.

[Sirrus]

The baby may be alive, but it isn't really living

Like a tree, or a ficus. I believe the phrase you're looking for is sentient.

[A.R.C.]

I am for it.
A women should have the choice to get an abortion if she wants one.

[Osak]

Without it,  it's why it's causing poverty for women.

[Inv3rted]

I say that a woman should have the right unless she's already like eight months pregnant.

inb4fundamentalist

[Caution]

I say that a woman should have the right unless she's already like eight months pregnant.

inb4fundamentalist

That would be silly anyhow. If you wanted the baby until eight months in, well that's too damn bad.

[oromis]

If a mother aborts, she might as well stab one of her own born children. It's as wrong as any child murder I know.

[Otis Da HousKat]

I believe people have the right to do what they want to their bodies.

I say that a woman should have the right unless she's already like eight months pregnant.

inb4fundamentalist

Ya, before this point in the pregnancy (or whatever the actual time is) it's just a ball of goo sucking nutrients from the mother, so I'd consider it her body still.

[Inv3rted]

If a mother aborts, she might as well stab one of her own born children. It's as wrong as any child murder I know.

You're as wrong as any loving idiot I know.

[oromis]

I believe people have the right to do what they want to their bodies.

Even though they are connected, is the baby really PART of her body?

You're as wrong as any loving idiot I know.

That is awesome, say I'm wrong and don't have any proof. That puts your point across well!