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Originally Posted by MisplacedDreamer
In case you don't understand, supporting a medical procedure doesn't mean I support minors putting addictive substances into their bodies.
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Never implied that was the case.
It was more a question of at what stage people deem someone to be capable of making different kinds of decisions regarding their health and lifestyle choices, as there seems to be a divergence between when they are deemed mature enough to take decisions regarding their sexual health and when they are deemed mature enough to take decisions regarding alcohol etc. To my mind the distinction, when the right to do what they like with their bodies is in play, does seem somewhat artificial. I suppose it was a rather oblique way of seeing what other factors people bring into play as I've always found the "their own body" argument a bit wanting.
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Originally Posted by MisplacedDreamer
And this is where I call people idiots for not supporting the usage of abortion as a form of birth control. Would you really want that girl who has five abortions to be responsible for taking care of herself during prenatal care if she can't stop getting pregnant?
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I think in such situations the problem is a bit more fundamental than whether they can take care of themselves during prenatal care - that sounds more like a total breakdown in sex education and all the abortions in the world will not address that. If she's ending up in such situations with that level of frequency then issues of parental fitness and the need for social services to get involved become more prominent for me than whether abortion should be classed as birth control.
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Originally Posted by MisplacedDreamer
I'd enjoy it if you did poke any holes in anything as it helps to reinforce one's beliefs.
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If people would like me to go to town and poke holes in the arguments I'll happily oblige - it'll put 3 years of legal training to good use if nothing else.
It was more that I could see how what I wrote could come across as being snide when it was not intended to be.