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Just what the thread title says.
I have participated on a lot of forums and debate sites for nearly 30 years now and though it is very rare, I have in fact encountered abortion proponents who are not afraid to admit that an abortion kills a child. They agree that an abortion denies prenatal children their rights while in the womb. . . etc. Their argument is simply that the rights of the mother trumps the rights of the child.
Strange as it may seem, I actually have a bit more respect for those opponents - because we (at least) have some common ground on the biological facts, when and how life begins, etc.
How about it?
Anybody?
Your belief is fine and logical. But I am a small government guy. Just as others don't want my belief masturbation is a sin imposed on them, they don't want your belief on abortion imposed on them.
Even the smallest of governments have a legitimate role to play in defending human rights. "Sin" doesn't have anything to do with it.
The Constitution clearly says that "all persons" are entitled to the "equal protections of our laws." Our supreme court acknowledged that fact (see my sig.)
So, it all comes back to whether or not a person in the first days of their life, growth and development is a human being / person or not.
The science (not religion) tells me that they are.