Cecilie1200
Diamond Member
The "baby" is part of the mother's body. The mother has a say in what happens to her body. Pregnancy can have some serious long-lasting complications. If a woman does not want to have a baby, then she doesn't have to. It's her choice, not yours. It's her body, not yours. It's her that will have to pay the price, not you.
Actually it's the child who is paying the price. I believe that any human being is entitled to protection under our legal system. And all Americans have a say in when these rights are extended and who they should cover.
I understand the inequities of human procreation. If there is a way to level that playing field, I would gladly listen to those suggestions. But as noted before, a person's right to do whatever he or she chooses with her body never has been an absolute right. It ends where it affects another human being.
No, you cannot make that decision for a woman. That is her own personal decision, whether she wants to go through a pregnancy or not. It's not your decision to make for another person. Like I said, some of these women getting abortions are drug addicts, prostitutes, alcoholics, mentally unstable, etc.
So if someone is raping you - then only you and the rapist have any say in that matter, huh? Because it doesn't affect anyone else?
That's a tired old argument that has been debunked a long time ago.
Protecting those who are too weak to protect themselves is one of the main reasons to write laws. I believe our laws should protect all humans who fall under our jurisdiction.
WHAT? That doesn't even make sense. Sorry, but whether or not a woman goes through a pregnancy is her decision. That's all there is to it. Mind YOUR business and don't get an abortion if you don't want to.
If you believe a fetus is a human being, and you believe all human beings are entitled to protection under our legal system, then we all have a say.
The rape analogy is to illustrate that a crime doesn't have to happen to me before I have a right to my say in how we as Americans handle it. I'm sorry that went over your head. You keep repeating the same simple-minded arguments that just - honestly - do not hold water.
Shockingly enough, ANY law involving ANY topic is open for ANY citizen to have an equally valid say in. It's like we're a society with a representative republic-style government, or some shit like that.