That is not true at all. You cannot "choose" to break the law. Therefore, if states made laws against abortion, legally you would not have a right to choose abortion. Some people argue that people are free to do whatever they choose with their own bodies. This is also not true because of seat belt laws and drug laws. The new talking point that is being thrown around a lot lately is "bodily autonomy". The problem with this argument, and really the root of the abortion controversy, is whether or not a woman's bodily autonomy overrides the bodily autonomy of the unborn. The pro-life movement has never been about controlling women and their bodies. Instead, it is about protecting the innocent and defenseless life in the womb. Thus, the pro-life movement believes that your "rights" over your body ends when it affects the body of another, the unborn.
The real questions we as Christians must ask ourselves are how much does the life of the unborn mean to you and how much doe the life of the unborn mean to God. Killing Jews in concentration camps were done "legally" by the Nazi regimes. What you are suggesting is no different than passively doing nothing to stop the slaughter of Jews because "legally it isn't murder."
Biblically, murder is defined as the taking of human life without cause or authority to do so. God is the only giver of life, therefore, God is the only one with the authority to take life or bestow that authority to others. Thus, it is impossible for God to murder and He is completely able to take any life for any reason or no reason at all.
However, you have been on the record in other threads using the "suffering" that a child would endure in foster care to justify abortion.
And as Christians, we have the right and the moral obligation to do everything possible to prevent abortions and support legislation and legislators who seek this end.
I absolutely agree. More needs to be done to help pregnant mothers, especially rape victims, care for their child or help them find loving homes. If I was president for a day, I would implement comprehensive reforms on the adoption systems to put children of rape at the top of the priority lists for adoptions. I would also provide incentives (monetarily or otherwise) for couples to adopt children of rape. Which is why I have repeatedly argued that "pro-choice" Christians should focus more of their efforts encouraging women to choose adoption over abortion regardless of the circumstances.
Unless the big problem is that the mother is about to die, aborting the child is immoral.
So should we make it legal to murder since we shouldn’t legislate morality? Should we make it legal to steal since people are going to do it anyway?
Rape victims are not required to travel to an adoption center. All it takes is a phone call and the adoption center will accommodate the mother by making a home visit.
