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Originally Posted by rsather139
One thing I've noticed is that many anti-abortion people seem to think that by making abortion illegal all the problems associated with it will be solved. Thing is, would making it illegal really do anything beneficial or solve the problem? I think not. All it would do would be to close down the medical clinics where you can get sterile abortions, and lead the practice to be done underground where we could lose the woman as well as the fetus.
I think of this much like Prohibition, it might look good on paper and make us more moral but the reality is it is not feasible.
Thoughts?
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I think that you must either be a) assuming pro-life lack of intellect, or b) ignoring the pro-life argument. Making abortion illegal won't solve all the problems associated, of course not. Would banning murder alleviate all of the problems associated with it? Of course not, but that's no reason to leave/make it illegal.
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Originally Posted by tobascoman
Good question .
I believe that convencing some one that abortion is wrong is far better than just prohibiting abortion . Sense that prohibited actions can still be done . an some one who believes that somthing is wrong is less likely to do it .
Abortion foes need to win the hearts an minds of those who oppose us before any true progress can be made agianst abortion .
Note..... That convenceing some one is wrong dose not start with packing there bags an sending them on a guilt trip or calling them murders ,or insulting them. It starts with respect .  |
Wait, you're saying that it's wrong but it shouldn't be illegal? If someone believes that abortion is murder (wrong) but also believes that it should remain legal then they are condoning a violation of civil liberties. Just try seeing the issue from their perspective, someone who believes abortion is murder, and say the same things you've just said. It's suddenly ludicrous.
"Murder is wrong, but we shouldn't make it illegal because it will only make the murderer take greater risks to his own life to murder. We should try to convince murderers that murder is wrong, we should not send them on a guilt trap or insult them, we should start be showing them respect."
Look man, it's ridiculous. Absolutely ludicrous. It's like telling an environmentalist, "yeah, NYC is going to be flooded by 2050 if we don't do something now, but we need to start by showing the greedy corporations respect. We shouldn't prevent them from dumping waste into our waters, we should instead convince them that it isn't the right thing to do."