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Claire wrote:
my personal opinion is actually pretty in line with the Roe vs Wade SCOTUS decision. 

to put it very simply- the court recognized that a unborn child is a human life and therefore has certain rights, but a fully grown adult woman also has the right to bodily autonomy. so they split the difference and said early on in the pregnancy- a womans bodily autonomy is valued above the unborn child's right to life- and later on in the pregnancy, once the child is closer to being able to live outside of the mother- the right to life should be valued above the mother's bodily autonomy. 

so im pro choice- but i think that the pro life view is valid- these are people who see an unborn child as a human life. these are people who believe abortion to be literal murder and i cannot hate someone for wanting to make illegal the murder of a child. the real question here is when does human life become a 'person' with the rights that personhood comes with? when does the new person's right to live outweigh the existing person's right to bodily autonomy?

Paramore wrote:
anti-abortion because if the dad wants to keep the baby he has complete right over the womans body to force her to carry his child

Paramore wrote:
anti-abortion because if the dad wants to keep the baby he has complete right over the womans body to force her to carry his child

cyberpunk wrote:
because it's growing in their body. therefore it is about preventing people from having control over their own bodies.
someone is saying "i want to remove something from my body" and you're answering "no, you're not allowed." how is that not taking away someone's bodily autonomy?

it should also be noted there's no such thing as no abortion, only no safe abortion. if you try to stop someone from being able to make a choice about their own body, they will find another way around it that involves more risk to their own health and potentially even their life.

Laurabled wrote:

From one point of view it sounds kind of wrong making someone carry a child for 9 months but from the other point of view he did participate in making it.. i'm kind of questioning this because that's how i legit was made.

rainbowpop wrote:
you can do whatever you want with your body as long as it's not hurting anyone but having an abortion will hurt the unborn child. want to get yourself a new tattoo? do it. want to get a nose piercing? do it. want to end an innocent life? hell no.

it's against the law to murder too but that doesn't stop it from happening. i think it's important to have a guideline as to what's wrong and right.

Laurabled wrote:

From one point of view it sounds kind of wrong making someone carry a child for 9 months but from the other point of view he did participate in making it.. i'm kind of questioning this because that's how i legit was made.