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Originally posted by codymc12@Nov 10 2003, 10:39 AM
I wish I could say I was going to be able to stick around after posting this - but I have to leave for the afternoon. Even so, I wanted to weigh in with my 2 cents (don't we all?).
My view is simple: Everyone can have an opinion - but no one should be able to LEGALLY enforce thier opinions on a mother to be. Period.
People can make all kinds of comments about how Mom's who abort should be sterilized, and so on. Or start debates about whether abortion is murder, etc, etc, etc.
Bottom line - if you're not THAT person, carrying THAT baby - you shouldn't have a say in what THAT mother decides to do. It's her life, not yours.
We can dissaprove of a persons life choices all we want - and even be right about it. But we shouldn't be able to tell them not to make those choices - it is their life, after all.
Along those lines - with respect to the women who have posted their views - it's an interesting statistic that the greater majority of pro life activists are single men. In other words, men who don't carry a child, and haven't even committed to marriage. As a married man who prefers women strong and free, I find this statistic appalling.
Just my 2 cents. Debate - fine. Prosecute - a violation of personal liberties.
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I agree with you to a Point... when a mother-to-be, however, is abusing the system by consistantly having "birth control abortions", they are taking away from others who actually need medical attention. THAT would be where I draw the line. That's pretty much how it is in Canada. You are allowed a maximum of 4 state-funded abortions before you have to pay out of pocket, and I believe there's a cap on the number thereafter as well. But yes, it's up to the mother and for a government to tell her what she can do with her body is a crime.