Does it follow: If abortion is illegal, government can come into our bedroom or force us to get pregnant?
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NO, not right.  Your question is conveluted and misses the point completely.  I can't even respond becuase your conclusions come from no real reasoning.  The tall and skinny of it is this: our governement is not anti-life.  It is pretty clearly pro-life, and anti-abortion.  Consider the fact that there is currently a third trimester partial birth abortion ban.  This is the only kind of abortion that the Supreme Court has said would be acceptable to ban completely.  And the FEDERAL government did this.  It is not a people or a state issue.  It is no business of the government's what I do with my uterus - I would never presume to tell you or Ms. Rice what to do with yours, so stay the hell away from mine.  The fact is abortion is not a form of murder (argue it all you want, I am talking legally) , so your argument that we can't comitt murder in our bedroom blah blah really doesn't follow.  This is a privacy issue - the Supreme Court has held that our Constitution protects privacy interests in our own homes in many many different ways.  I suggest you consider the fact that this posting board ONLY exists becuase the Constition provides a free speech protection.  The government cannot come in and tell you not to express your opinion (thought the Bush White House apparently feels this doesn't apply to them...).  Get off your crazy high horse, your argument is so off and so full of misunderstings its not even funny.
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The UK is once again debating over its abortion laws. It is allowed in this country currently up 24 weeks providing 2 doctors give their consent that to not abort would be of detrrement to the womans physical or mental health, that it would harm the child or their family. \nseems about right to me.
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When in a relationship, it's probably a wise choice to ask your partner (if he is the father).  Support is very helpful when facing such decisions.  However, the father cannot make the final choice.  Pregnancy is something that physically affects only the woman.  It can be a very rough period of time.  Abortions are no walk in the park either.  A man should not be able to make a woman have an abortion nor should he be able to prevent one.
416176
nothing.  it's a power that women have, not a right.  So make all the rules you want, women will still take care of business.  FYI if no one had an abortion, there'd be 25% more people.
811032
Most abortions occur at 6 weeks, where the embryo doesn't have brainwaves or cerebral cortex. It basically looks like a salamander. This is not a baby. However, if the woman completes the pregnancy, a child is born with all the complete developments and cerebral cortex. That is a child. It would cause irreversible psychological damage to the child if his/her dad doesn't want to see them. It will screw them up for life. You're pro-life, will you support a man's option for the woman to have an abortion? He can't force her. Your reasoning contradicts your beliefs in abortion.
940429
The Supreme Court has ruled on this already and as long as the first Amendment is not altered, abortion should be legal.\n\nThe S.Court ruled abortion should be legal based on a person's 1st Amd right to privacy over what happens to their body. It has nothing to do with when life begins,etc... as some would like it to. It is all about this great country's freedoms and constitution giving us protections over our personal self.
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There are more reasons than "I didn't want the baby" that women have abortions.  Health (of mother and fetus), rape, age, lifestyle, are some factors in why a woman chooses to abort.  If Abortion wasn't legal, She wouldn't have the law and health care providers looking out for her overall welfare (for her and her unborn fetus).  In the grand scheme of things, it's only in recent history that women have even been consider as actual people with rights.  We have made great strides in that arena in a very short period, but the fact of the matter is...men unfortunately still hold governmental power, and if abortion wasn't legal, we would be taking HUGE leaps backward in equal civil rights for ALL humans regardless of race, or sex.  When most people think of abortion, they think that women use it as a form of birth control...and while I"m not argueing that they don't (because a small percentage do) But most people don't realize that there are many factors that go into making that kind of decision, and if it's taken away from us, then in effect, we are being told that we don't have a right to choose. Women can't get pregnant without a man...whether it be through physical contact, or insemination.  Taking away the right to an abortion takes away the right for us to decide what we want to do with our body...It's easy for a man to get a woman pregnant. It's not always easy for a woman to give birth, and a lot of women have died trying.    Might as well take away our right to vote, or our right to hold a job, or our right to not have a man tell us what to do and when to do it (which at one point in history was a law).  Abortion is about women, plain and simple...We are the only ones that have the power of giving birth...and until men can start giving birth, they are going to do everything they can to take away our rights as individuals with that power, and this is one way they are trying. And you can better believe that if men ever become capable of giving birth, there would be no way abortion would even be talked about as an issue...it would just be law, plain and simple...because making abortion illegal is only about how men can control women.
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Pro-choice. If I was raped I might not want to have the baby. I probably would-because the baby didn't do anything, and I'd probably end up giving it up for adoption, but I still want to be able to choose. And why should anyone have the right to make that choice for other women? I'm also pro-choice because with abortion legal at least its quick, safe and doesn't kil the mother or simply deform the fetus. before legal abortions there were still abortions, they just were unsafe and killed many desperate young women, and those who didnt die faced criminal charges.
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The thing about the abortion debate is that the two sides are arguing entirely unrelated issues. Pro-life people say "abortion is bad". Pro-choice advocates say "The government not should be making personal decisions that like". It's not about abortion. It's about who gets to make the decisions.\n\nFace it -- someone is going to choose.  It's either going to be the individual, or it's going to be the majority (through enacted laws). If the majority gets to choose, then they are effectively imposing their belief system -- which is almost always religiously-based -- on everyone.\n\nRight now, the conservatives happen to be in the majority, so many of them seem to have no objection to imposing their religious and moral views on others.  But allowing the government to choose doesn't resolve the question. It just means that the decision on whether abortion is justified is being made by those in power, rather than those personally affected.\n\nDo you really want to abdicate that much of your personal freedom and choice to a group of politicians? Do people really want to live in a country where state legislatures can decide who can be pregnant, and who cannot, and who must? Do people really have that much trust and faith in government that they think the legislature will always make the right choices? Because we'll be stuck with those decisions.\n\nThe concept of reproductive freedoms is not whether you agree with the individual choices being made. It's whether you think the government should have the right to take away and mandate those choices.\n\nWhy can't people understand that freedom of choice is not a minority value, even if the majority happens to disagree with the minority's choice?
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I am wise enough to know that I am not smart enough to say whether abortion is right or wrong. However I feel very strongly that If abortion is outlawed then  it should still be legal in cases of rape, incest and a mothers health. Also I believe a father should be able to stop a  abortion if he will take complete responsibility for the child. Lastly if it is legal then a man should be able to give his rights away to a child if he does not wish to have one. In that case he would not be required to support it. That may sound harsh but if woman whats choice than they cannot Deni it to the father.
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Everyone I personally know who is pro-choice disapproves of abortion. But it's not an issue of whether they think abortion is good or not.\n\nIt's an issue of whether the majority has the right to force the decision as a matter of law, and take that decision away from the individual. The whole debate is about WHO gets to make the choice.\n\nDo you know why China can mandate abortions and force sterilizations? Because reproductive choice is not a guaranteed right. Abortion is legal in the US because the Supreme Court has determined that reproductive rights are fundamental, and thus constitutionally protected. \n\nIf the Supreme Court decides that reproductive rights are not fundamental rights, and that the government gets to choose regardless of what the individual wants, then the government makes all the decisions. Try to imagine what could happen, if all reproductive rights are now subject to govt control.\n\nNew York or Florida could pass a law saying that anyone making less than $30K per year cannot have children, and must abort any pregnancy, because they obviously cannot support them financially. No constitutional challenge, because reproductive rights are no longer protected. \n\nOr North Carolina or Texas decides that convicted felons should never have children, and starts imposing mandatory sterilization as part of criminal sentences. No constitutional challenge, because reproductive rights are no longer nationally protected. \n\nOnce the right to reproductive privacy is taken away by the court, it will be decades before it can be reestablished. Conservatives better start praying, if they get their wish, that during that time they don't become the minority under a legislation that decides to require abortions. Because, once that right to personal choice is lost, the government will always be able to decide whether you can have children or not.\n\nDo you really want to abdicate that much of your personal freedom and choice to a group of politicians? Do people really want to live in a country where state legislatures can decide who can be pregnant, and who cannot, and who must? Do people really have that much trust and faith in government that they think the legislature will always make the right choices? Because we'll be stuck with those decisions.\n\nThe concept of reproductive freedoms is not whether you agree with the individual choices being made. It's whether you think the government should have the right to take away and mandate those choices.\n\nWhy can't people understand that freedom of choice is not a minority value, even if the majority happens to disagree with the minority's choice?
29784
I believe we should err on the side of life. A choice was made to have sex and a pregnancy is a consequence of that choice. We must be held responsible for our actions.
917051
That's a very difficult question.The fetus hasn't asked to be there,so it's not like its forcing,it has no will at that stage of development.\nIn general I believe the government doesn't have the right to demand of a woman to be forced to have a baby.Her body,her choice although open minded and real education could prevent a lot of unwanted pregnancies.
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No. Once you are pregnant you become emancipated. You can make your own choices and do not need parental consent. Your parents cannot force you to do anything you do not wish to do, they can only advise you.
828071
It goes both ways. Extremists on both sides are wrapping the issue up with other issues. For example, people who are pro life are often also in favor of women being subservient, staying home, being married, making less money and stuff like that.  And pro choicers often refer to abortion as a reproductive right without considering the life of the child a right.  This is just another example of how extremist views are flawed.  The truth is in the middle.  Address the reasons for abortion, increase womens rights, access, equality, etc. and then only make abortion illegal without attaching any other bills to it.  It might work.
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No, not everyone who supports forced pregnancy also supports capitol punisment.  These issues can be looked at from two different angles.  The first is the religious viewpoint, the second is the social viewpoint.  \n\nCatolics, because of their religious doctorins, believe that both abortion and capitol punishment are wrong.  It’s a sin and therefore should be illegal.  I give them credit for at least being consistent in their oppinions.  \n\nThe group that one typically thinks of as the religious right tends to oppose abortion on religious grounds, but doesn’t seem to have a problem executing criminals.  I suppose that their sense of imposing justice is more important to them than whatever their religion may say about it.\n\nThe pro choice groups tend to hold their viewpoints based on societal reasons rather than religious.  The logic basically says, “don’t force your religious views on me” \n\nPeople that look to the bill of rights for guidance will say that the right to privacy protects abortion, and the clause against cruel and unusual punishment should prohibit capitol punishment.\n\nI think that it is easy to get the impression that the supporters of forced pregnany and capitol punishment are linked because that is where the modern conservitive movement is headed.  Our current president deffinitly falls into this category.  I can only hope that most americans don’t.
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It is conceivable that the US Congress might try to pass a law outlawing abortion federally. \n\nWomen who have taken their reproductive freedom and personal privacy in this area should be aware that the shrill vocal minority who oppose freedom of choice are doing their best to deprive them of their rights.\n\nThe countervailiing position to the argument that a fetus is a human is that, so is the impregnated female. She is not an incubating machine who should have to bear the seed of a rapist or a relative to term just to satisfy the moral smugness of a minority of the populace.\n\nolderandwiser is right on. I am buying up stock in coat hangar factories right now.