Why is abortion legal in a country that protects endangered species of animals and outlawed killing slaves?
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Isn't a baby an endangered species if it's in danger of being aborted?
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Laws set by government must be followed in order to stay out of jail and so forth.  God's LAWS must be followed in order to stay out of hell.  \nJust because a group of politicians and/or voters decided that something is okay does not mean that God thinks it is okay. As far as abortion goes, the commandment says THOU SHALL NOT KILL. How more specific can that be? The government says- oh it has a heart that is beating, but it is not alive so therefore it is okay to kill it.  \nFunny, how can you kill something that is not alive????\n\n\nRemember, too, that God did not elect the political officials that are deciding that these things are okay. Sinners voted sinners in to make laws.
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Haha, a fetus doesn't go to Heaven if it's aborted--fetuses lack souls!  That is why abortion isn't a bad thing.  Well, also the fact that abortion helps to conserve the environment, as too many people being born will eventually kill those of us already here as our resources are depleted......
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I am a huge supporter of animal rights. I do almost all my high school projects on animal rights. The answer why is too long to state.. and it's obvious that the people who support it care for animals. The people who don't are the opposite.
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That is a very interesting argument. Society has ways to rationalize what they are doing when what they are doing is wrong. They use words like "fetus" and "cells" to make themselves feel better about it. \n\nThere IS quite a waiting list for adoption of infants of any color. That is why many go out of the country for it. But to rationalize abortion to say it is better than the child growing up poor is just sick. \n\nWe can't eliminate humans that we think will be a burden or unconvenient. "Fetuses" are not just like ants in your cupboard or termites eating up your house. They are human. \n\nOne more point: a newborn infant can't survive on it's own either.
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Man was given dominion over the animals because he has reason. It is also in his rational nature that his dignity resides. If you think there is a difference between man because he cans think and choose to do right and wrong, then there must be a difference between his dignity as a person and the dignity of animals. Because of his dignity as steward and caretakers of the animals on this earth, he must treat them with respect and reverence but not as his equals because they do not think and do not make choices.\n\nSince the commandments were given by God to all of mankind in order that he might follow his laws and be in community, it is the law between men in society, and therefore it does not apply to animals and bugs. That does not mean the man should wantonly kill animals for no reason, but it does not forbid him from killing them for food or being their are pests to his crops, and well being. For example, mosquitoes bring to man many diseases, it would not be right for him to refrain from killing them if they cause serious illness or death to his family and himself. \n\nI hope that helps.
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Life, liberty and the persuit of happiness. Without life, there are no rights, so when the out of control Supreme court said it's legal to kill innocent babies before birth, they infringed on every one of their rights. As for the death penalty, those people gave up their right to life when they took another person's life. In that case, it's not murder, but consequences.
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That's like saying that democrats kill babies but protect criminals.  It's simplistic and ignorant.\nRepublicans believe that fetuses are living humans and should be protected from being killed by mothers who use abortion as a way to have a sexually promiscuous life-style.  They also believe that murderers have given up their right to life by taking the life of another unlawfully, and deserve to die.\n\nDemocrats see the fetus not as a human, but part of the human body until it can live on it's own.  They see adult humans, even murderers as fully formed humans who have potential that can never be met if they die. Even if they did kill others unlawfully, they deserve to have that potential met.\n\nI get so tired of the ignorant, one-sided propaganda wars I see here, but unless you ask the question, you'll never get any answers, so I don't want to discourage you.  But if you don't learn from this, and continue to present nonsense even knowing the facts, then the heck with you.  You deserve the kind of life you'll end up living.
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Abortion is the killing of an unborn child! It's not a lifeless blob. That makes little to no sense at all. If you put a woman and a man together, they're not going to create a blob. They're gonna create a CHILD, which is what a fetus is. If one says ' I cant care for the child.....I have work school etc', adoption is a good answer. For the kids concieved in rape, it's not the childs fault who the father is. I feel for the mother and the baby.... But truly, it's a horrible horrible crime and should be stopped.
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I believe un-domesticated animals have the right to freedom and being in a cage is not humane to them. To be taken from there origin and brought to an unfamiliar area behind bars held captive in a smaller area than there usual habitat and then to be gawked at by onlookers......No I don't think they are happy and I don't think its fair to them...
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I agree that a woman should have the right to chose and there are lots of children out there who have to go through foster homes and live very hard lives. I am pro choice. I also think that if it is made illegal then there are going to be alot of women dying from having abortions done in "hole in the wall" places that are not sanitary or under almost torturous conditions. I could never do it but sometimes you have to do what you have to do. I think that when a person says they are pro life that they are not looking at the bigger picture. Ask them if they want to pay higher taxes that will come from the government having to take care of the children that abandoned from the mothers that didnt want or couldnt take care of these children.
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I used to be strongly against abortion because it was killing life. And I thought that if the girl had got herself into it(unless it's rape), she shouldn't kill her baby just to make life easier for her. But after a lot of thinking, I decided that it should be legal. And while I am still against killing life, I realized that if a woman did not get an abortion, so many bad things could happen to the baby after it was born. The woman could kill it by dumping it somewhere. Even if she kept the baby, she could ignore it and not really take care of the baby, which is basically killing it anyway. There are so many factors like that, so now I believe that the woman should have a right to choose even though the baby does not have the right to choose.
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Some times people kill them for the "sport" and even more for the MONEY!  Yes, like the tusks of elephants for the ivory.  It is really sad but it is true.  Minks get killed for their fur....but that has slowed down but it still is happening.  I think more people are aware of the crualty to all animals espically endangered and many have woken up to the wrong doings.  However, there are still some boneheads that don't quite get it.(But that is true in life)  PITA ia a great program trying to protect animals.
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Neither abortion nor euthanasia are EXPLICITLY mentioned in the constitution.\nSupreme Court, however, finds justification for these in 9th and 14th amendments\n\n9th amendment says:\n"The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."\n\nThis means tha people have more Rights then those that are specifically mentioned in the Constitution.\n\n14th amendment says:\n"No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."\n\nSo if you interpret abortion and euthanasia to be "privileges of citizens" then No state can make laws against them.
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Instead of bringing religion in as a tool of argument, I'm going to use the scientific definition of an organism being alive.  A living organism must have the ability to live independantly from another organism, thus a fetus cannot be considered a living organism.  And also, according to Federal Law, not all humans are given these fundamental rights.  Convicted criminals and unlawful combatants are NOT entitled to these rights.  And finally, to use God in an argument of law is inherently questionable, as the First Amendment prohibits religious doctrine in law.
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Interesting point, but somehow I don't think it will fly. As to your question, I think that life begins at conception, yet I do not believe that a fetus is viable until the point where it can survive outside the womb. I think that the fetus should be protected, but I am also pro-choice. If a woman decides to terminate a pregnancy, then it is her choice. I do not however, feel that women should use abortion as birth control. If one does not want to conceive, then they should prevent conception. There are too many ways to do so in this day and age. If a fetus is endangered by the mother's gross neglect, such as drug abuse, and the end result is the death of a viable fetus or damage to the child upon or after birth, then the fetus should be protected. Proving gross neglect however, is rather difficult.
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From what I understand about the case, the states determined abortion laws, and still do.  So, if it is illegal in one state, a woman can travel to another to have the procedure performed.  \nBut, I have always wondered the answer to this myself.  I assumed it would outlaw any abortions except those to save the mother's life.  But, that assumption must be wrong or you wouldn't have asked this question.