RE: Abortion/Consciousness/Life
October 4, 2014 at 7:59 pm
(This post was last modified: October 4, 2014 at 8:04 pm by Chas.)
(October 4, 2014 at 7:45 pm)Losty Wrote: The biggest reason I dislike a ban on late term abortion is because it endangers the lives of those in need of emergency abortions for medical reasons.
(October 4, 2014 at 7:42 pm)Chas Wrote: Then I ask you again, when does one become a person?
Why? What does that have to do with it?
Look, I am not suggesting a total ban on late-term abortions. Never said that, although I can see how you might think I meant that.
If medically indicated, then the decision is ultimately the woman's. And that should be legally protected, and that includes the doctor/patient relationship. It is no one else's business.
For the first 6 or so months, it is no one's business but the woman's.
(October 4, 2014 at 7:54 pm)whateverist Wrote:(October 4, 2014 at 7:52 pm)Chas Wrote: Nonsense. She had 6 or 7 months to decide.
An ordeal and a deadline the child's father did not have to deal with.
And how is that germane?
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