Abortion dialogue I've been having...

[Violet]

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I say that I wouldn't choose abortion, because that is my gut feeling when I ask myself whether I would or not. But... in all honesty, I have no way of knowing what I would do. Every situation is different. I have a son and the pregnancy (first marriage) was an accident and we were only 19 years old... and we mistakenly got married because of it. We did not choose abortion and, 25 years later, I am very, very glad that we didn't (can't say the same for the marriage, though!).

If that were to happen to me now... at the age of 45? I might choose differently. I can't know and will never find out (my wife cannot have children). I think I might try to dissuade her, because I have had the amazing experience of creating a child and would wish her to experience that. It is an amazing thing.

I support a person's right to choose to have an abortion. The reasons for that choice don't matter to me. Choices are wholly personal. I do think that a time limit should be applied, however. I do not think abortions should be performed beyond the first trimester, as that is an easy mark to enforce, and is approximately the time that a fetus begins to become an unborn baby.

So the answer to the question is... I don't know. Heheh. Sorry.

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I was right with you until you proposed a time limit. But then... I view a child as an economical, time, and stress burden... and frankly do not often enjoy my time with children. The only reason it lives is that it is valued by someone, so much that they give great portions of their time, money, and general happiness for it. Simply (as i see it)... it is not the baby's life that makes it worthy of keeping alive... but another's investment in its continued life.

Being a passive person though... and not one likely to throw away resources she can see a use for (such as children)... i think it would be rather brutal and 'expensive' to kill it outside of the womb.

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So you believe there is a point at which the government can tell a woman what she can or cannot do with her own body?

There is a point when it becomes two bodies. The question is... when is that point? I certainly think that shortly before birth the foetus is obviously a baby, and shortly after conception it is obviously NOT baby, for instance.

EvF

And the further question is "wtf does it matter that the parasite is no longer directly connected to the host?"... it remains in dire need of support from birth to several years after said birth. Someone (or something) must be that support if it is to survive. Frankly... i don't see how it's being a baby changes much at all. Now the parasite walks and causes more trouble than it is initially worth... and it isn't a very wise long term investment in many cases either.

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methinks the lady doth protest too much

Protest?

I just disagree is all And I missed a lot of posts...