In the interest of "no walls of text" I'll try to make my replies more concise.
Ok, so why is it ok to take that life? If you believe it is alive, why is it ok to kill it?
This makes it sound like I don't care about the life of a fetus, because it's "ok" if it dies. That's not necessarily true. I just believe that a woman's right to her own body supercedes the right of the fetus to use it for life support (I'm not trying to degrade the fetus by the terms I'm using, that is just how I see it). Would I encourage a woman to carry a pregnancy to term if the whole shebang is on the up-and-up? Yes. Would I respect her decision to terminate the pregnancy if she so chose? Yes. It is
her body. It is
her choice. Period, new paragraph.
No. The love and teachings of Christ helped me to see this. Before I became a Christian, I was at best agnostic, and very cynical. Much like it appears you are.( I may be wrong, so please let me know if I am)
I am cynical while on this site, sure. The general atmosphere here brings me down.
In general, though, I am not.
I also don't think anyone should be compelled to save a life in the bone marrow scenario, but humanity should always err on the side of life.
Agreed.
First, if you're insinuating I'm also another poster, sorry.
No, sorry about that. I was merely commenting on the fact that this label is nearly always pushed on pro-choicers, when it is mostly wrong.
Secondly, please show me the difference. If you saw someone about to commit suicide, would call the police, or try to stop them? If not then you would be condoning their suicide. It's this extreme apathy that those who are "pro-choice" are trying to desperately to defend. This is a cut and dry issue. Either you are ok with the practice of abortion, or you are not. There is no middle ground...
Firstly, I would definitely call the authorities and try to stop a person from killing themselves. Secondly, the issue is not either/or as you've laid it out. I personally find the idea of abortion rather repulsive, but I also realize that my ideas are not universal, nor should they be. I realize as well, that my beliefs and lack thereof are nor universal, nor should they be. I am responsible for me and my own actions, not my neighbor's. And if my neighbor decides that she doesn't want a fetus growing inside her and wants to abort her pregnancy, well, that is her choice. And it should be hers, and NOT the government's.
On this you and I totally agree.
Ah, but you are your parents child, and according to your own definition, have been since conception.
No, I'm not my parent's child. I'm their son. I stopped being a child when I became an adult.
But this is all semantics, and not at all relevant, so if you wish to persist on this, I will conceed just for the sake of expediency.
Not a concession, but if you'd pay attention, you'd see the numerous times I've shown you...
But you haven't. And you won't even point me in the direction of the post in which you claim to have done this.
Now, let's break this down to the main difference we have, because I honestly don't have time to respond to these walls of text. I believe that abortion should only be an option when the life of the mother is directly placed in immediate jeopardy. You believe that abortion should be fine for a woman's "bodily integrity". Is this the integrity you're talking about?
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Most of the time when a person makes a decision, they run the risk of regretting their choice. No one is immune to this, and it doesn't only apply to women who have abortions. What of the women who have abortions and never give it a second thought? Not every woman, not even a majority, have issues after they have an abortion.
(ETA: It is also not unreasonable to believe that some cases, if not many, of women regretting their decision to have an abortion is a direct result of people like you telling them that it is a sin, they're murderers, etc etc. Same thing with the gay community - they're not killing themselves because it's wrong to be gay, they're killing themselves because
other people make their lives hell because of it. Same thing here, with abortion)
I just bought a brand new car. In some ways, I regret the purchase. Should people not buy new cars because they might feel bad about it afterwards?
(And in case you're wondering, it's a metallic red 2012 Ford Mustang, V6. I should've gotten the upgrade to the "performance package." heh)
