(March 8, 2011 at 4:12 pm)fr0d0 Wrote:I agree.(March 8, 2011 at 12:27 pm)Captain Scarlet Wrote: A mother has the right to choose precisely becuase the baby is part of her.The baby is it's own person, it is part of no one.
Quote:Difficult question. And I don't see why it has to be religious. Would it really be better to kill the baby rather than let it die naturally? Are the parents gaining in that scenario? Why should it be lawful to kill an unborn child? I can see there might be reason if any suffering of the child could be known, but it wasn't. The mother would have had to give birth to the baby dead. Isn't there something to holding it and loving it even ever so briefly?
It doesn't have to be religious, it should be a moral issue, but here in Nebraska it is religious, we are a right wing, bible thumpin' state. Some of our religious based laws drive me nuts. I do think that in cases where there are legitimate medical reasons to consider abortion, the decision should rest with the doctor and patient.
I see no reason why these people couldn't have gone out of state for the procedure.
