RE: Abortion is morally wrong
July 1, 2014 at 5:05 pm
(This post was last modified: July 1, 2014 at 5:07 pm by Dystopia.)
(July 1, 2014 at 5:02 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: 1. That's why it's screwed up that abortion has become something to be legislated. Abortion should no more be put to a vote than a man of consensual age choosing circumcision.
2. See above.
3. See above.
4. I completely disagree, being that abortion isn't a societal issue. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: what happens in my uterus is my business. Society should have no say at all.
Ok to answer points 1, 2 and 3 if we put abortion as a constitutional right this can be fixed. Or at least a law would be enough, but not trough referendum. If white man vote for your right to abort would you mind it? I'm sure you wouldn't
Abortion is a social controversial issue whether you like it or not, denying this is unreasonable, if this was true all people would support it, but they don't, and some of these people are women that apparently don't like their uterus
(July 1, 2014 at 5:01 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Surely you aren't suggesting that something which has been established as a protected Constitutional right ought to be subject to a popular vote?
Where is abortion a constitutional right? At most it can be included in the right to family planning, but I have my doubts.
(July 1, 2014 at 4:52 pm)pocaracas Wrote: If I remember correctly, blackout, there was a huge effort at the time by the "pro-lifers" to make people vote for the NO option. That's why it was such a close call.
I always felt amazed how you can have half the population (the males) plus another half of the remaining population (women too old to bear children) voting on a subject which doesn't concern them.
The mind boggling nature of a referendum in a democracy!
I think both sides make a huge effort, in my opinion the pro choice campaign were a lot tougher and decisive since they were the ones fighting for legalization, at least from what I can recall. In Spain it was made illegal again by the new prime minister
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