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Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson
Should the Democrat Party in general be held responsible for the murder of millions of babies?
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No. Because regardless of abortion's legality individual women choose to abort for various reasons. If individual women chose not to procure an abortion, we'd have no abortion... legal or not.
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Should individual Democrat legislators be held responsible for the murder of millions of babies?
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No. Because regardless of abortion's legality individual women choose to abort for various reasons. If individual women chose not to procure an abortion, we'd have no abortion... legal or not.
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Should the average American who thinks that abortion should be legal at least in cases of rape and incest be held responsible for the murder of millions of babies?
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No. Because regardless of abortion's legality individual women choose to abort for various reasons. If individual women chose not to procure an abortion, we'd have no abortion... legal or not.
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Should our country be judged by God for our lack of moral courage in allowing the murder of innocent human babies?
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It depends on one's perspective. For example: Will God judge the entire country for gluttony because all you can eat buffets are legal? Will God judge the entire country for drunkenness because wine is legal? Will God judge the entire country over lust because Playboy is legal? And the list could go on and on...
Regardless of abortion's legality
individual women choose to abort for various reasons. If individual women chose not to procure an abortion, we'd have no abortion... legal or not.
Now, we as a country could ban abortion. That might reduce the abortion rate, but that still wouldn't do away with abortion itself. What I think we're failing to see is that
individual women chose abortion for various reasons. I rarely hear anyone talk about addressing the issues that these women face in order to reduce the abortion rate. The women are almost completely ignored and the politicians are blamed. That makes me feel like most don't see it as a moral issue... it's almost strictly used as a political attack strategy. You'd think that BOTH sides of the debate would be willing to address the issues that these women face. But they don't. This is because various social strategies aimed at reducing the abortion rate cost money. It's far cheaper to support banning abortion and completely ignore the issues women face and get back to politics as usual.
In a way... those politicizing the issue are just as guilty. Because they are benefiting from it.
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Shouldn't abortion be outlawed because of the basic immorality of murdering human babies?
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That can be looked in different ways. Yes, one can argue that it's murder and therefore abortion should be banned.
Some might argue that a woman's person is her sovereign possession and, until viability is proven on a case by case basis, the government should have no authority over what she chooses to do with regards to her body. This grants a woman sovereign authority and responsibility over her body and fruit of her womb. The same would argue that prohibiting abortion is equal to seizing a pregnant woman's body, making her essentially a ward of the state, and forcing her to give birth against her will. Therefore, personal the personal sovereignty of a woman's body should be respected even with regards this most difficult and troubling issue.
Many may also argue that the GOVERNMENT is entirely incapable of policing abortion and penalties imposed would not suit the very nature of the ban. For example, do we charge a woman for 1st degree murder if she procures an abortion? What if it were in cases of rape or incest? Wouldn't these exceptions cheapen human life? How do we charge those who perform them? What about a parent who drives their daughter to procure an abortion? Anything less than a murder charge would cheapen the entire premise of the prohibition. In addition, murder doesn't have a statute of limitations. That means that legally we couldn't grandfather "murder". The authorities would have to investigate the medical history of any woman suspect and would have to prosecute those who are known to have had an abortion.
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These really are serious questions.
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Yes they are.