Abortion: is it murder?

I'm sorry but you also assumed what I would do or say in case my girfriend/wife became pregnant, and you assumed that I wouldn't back her up. As far as I'm concerned you don't know me too so I could've taken personal offense to it but I didn't.

In fact, I only expressed my thoughts in the same way you expressed yours, Morticia. That is called reciprocity.

Oh I did, and I respect your opinion even if I dont agree with it. i was just trying to be a lil humorous. But in my opinion abortion is killing. Any action that destroys the action of living is.....killing.

First: non-existent, come on now, the being is dwelling inside the woman, that more than accounts for its existence.

>>I know you were refering to it's status as a person, i was just nitpicking, i just dislike the term non-existent for an obviously existing endoparasite.

There are other alternatives to raising the child, such as adoption, which burdens the women for only 8-9 months.

Using that same logic, i believe since many men decide to rape we should allow this practice, and in fact provide government sponsered centers to allow these men to commit that act.

Also, there are many women who don't believe in abortion as well and not all ministers and priests are men.

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In a perfect world, i believe that non-public institutions that wish to allow abortions should. However, i believe that alternatives should be discussed prior to the act, possibly ultrasound images shown to the woman as well. If the woman decides to go through with it after that, it is up to her and God.

In the US, i believe that Roe vs. Wade should be overturned, as this is not a federal matter, the constitution does not state that it is the federal governments position to define a human life, and therefore it is up to the individual states to determine that.

Yes, i fully realize that that will happen.

Yes, that was the situation before Roe vs. Wade, and if Roe vs. Wade is overturned then that situation will occur again. The health of the woman is not the issue in the case. It is a side effect, now i'm not arguing a terrible state of women's health will occur, however it is the right thing to do as far as the law is concerned, unless you make a constitutional amendment legalizing abortion, Roe vs. Wade should be overturned.

Also to make an analogy, drug use is illegal in the US, therefore, without regulation anyone can make any variety of drugs in a shed. These can be laced with poisonous chemicals that are cheaper, quicker, etc. that are far more dangerous to a persons health. Much like unregulated abortions, unregulated drugs (or unregulated anything) is dangerous to the consumer. Therefore, under that logic drugs should be legalized and regulated (which i'm not all together against).

However as this shows, laws must be implemented, thus giving a gov't seal of approval of the practice. However, in the constitution it says that the federal gov't is not allowed to have anything to do with anything that isn't reserved to it. Therefore, according to the constitution it is up to the states to decide things like that, and the constitution being the supreme law of the land determines that.

Roe vs. Wade is just unconstitutional, and the justices that voted on it the first time, went far out of their position, they are the judiciary meaning they interpret the law, not create the laws and standards of a generation. They were swayed by public opinion and mob mentality, something the founding fathers tried so hard to eradicate.

How many mothers do you really think that consider their children as burdens? Please. Not the mention the fantasized 20/30 �slave� years you keep on talking about.

Excuse me?  Sure. Also, the simple fact that many people kill one another (sometime as tough decision) should make it enough to allow muder.

You keep on missing the point. It's not what the woman does with her body (it's hers anyway), it's what she does with the body inside her body (which isn't hers). And this is not a mere men vs. women issue, like you seem to enjoy to simply put it. There are women against abortion.

I couldn't agree with you more.