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Originally Posted by thebigmole
Well first of all I thik that having continuous abortions performed on you would be damaging eventually. Also I think it's a complete abuse of the system. Abortion is not meant to be birth control, it's meant to be an option if birth control fails, or if it wasn't used for whatever reason. But I think that if a woman has unprotected sex thinking, well if I get pregnant then I can just terminate the pregnancy, then she's got some issues.
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Absolutely agreed it's likely damaging for the woman, and whether it's abuse of the system or not depends mostly on whether abortions are funded by the state, and I do agree that that should factor into it somewhat.
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Originally Posted by TigerTank
Honestly, while the debate over when something becomes human is still lively, in all essence it's still a life form of some kind.
The thing is, no one plans to have an abortion. But it should be there as a last resort.
Think of it as owning a gun. You should have the right to own a gun, but you shouldn't use it willy nilly in place of other things... especially contraception. 
However, if abortion becomes as common as an oil change... well I weep for that day. |
The gun thing is another debate, but you've both just made my point for me. Yes, it's a healthier choice to not undergo multiple abortions and yes, a fetus living material, but those aren't things you can build law around. If it were illegal to do things that were bad for your health multiple abortions would only be one in a
long line of things to get the boot. As for the fetus being technically living; then what's the difference between three women having an abortion and one woman having three?
The other point you mentioned, "no one plans to have an abortion;" probably close to true. I've certainly never met anyone with the mindset of "I'll have a whole bunch of unsafe sex and just get however many abortions I need." Frankly, the mindset is ridiculous and yes, it's unhealthy. But the answer to that isn't law, it's education. Don't make it illegal for people to make bad decisions; teach them to make good ones.
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