[MitsyMayhem]

Originally Posted by CptSternn

First, your comment about doing it without a condom. Thats ironic and funny because Palin and McCain both want to keep condoms from being distributed for free in school. Both also want to keep sex-ed classes OUT of school. Thats what the debate is about. Her daughter gets preggers, possibly for not having a condom or proper teaching on the matter, and they call it a 'gift'. At the same time McCain fought legislation that would have given single teen mothers benefits, and Palin backs that stance, well she did until her own daughter got preggers.

As far as valuing life, no one can have 50 abortions. No one ever has. they aren't cheap, and the government doesn't pay for them, so if your too poor to afford a child you damn sure can afford to abort it.

But thats not the point. A womans body belongs to a woman. Not to societies taboos. If your going to say the government can say what a woman can do with her body, then you might as well sponsor government backed female circumcision like the do in some countries. I am Catholic and I am against abortion, but thats MY view. I don't expect the government to force MY opinion on all women because I personally disagree with it, no matter what the circumstances are.

Also, another reason that stopping abortion seems daft - fetuses have no rights. The government has said this time and time again in court. If they block abortion because they think a fetus is a child, then that opens a whole new can of worms when it comes to human rights. If drinking and smoking can harm a child and the fetus gets rights, women could be held accountable for doing so while pregnant. Getting divorced while pregnant would become a whole new fiasco. The list of legal complications is very long.

But thats a story for a whole different thread.

That does make a lot of sense. But I do still personally disagree with some aspects of abortion. Irresponsibility truly disgust me. But you are right, a woman can do what she wants with her body. And I liked your point because that one line in itself is a good argument. It makes me think about the fact that I want to do what I want to do to my own body.