(March 12, 2013 at 9:15 pm)catfish Wrote: It's still a human, no matter what adjective you attach to it.It's human, it's a parasite... it's a lot of things.
Do you think a woman who has an abortion deserves some sort of punishment?
A fine? To go to jail? To do community work?
What if she's having an abortion because her husband will beat her if she doesn't?
What if she's having an abortion because she knows she'll lose her job if she goes on maternity leave?
And a gazillion other reasons why women have abortions....?
(not going into rape, that one's been done to death)
I'm not a woman, so I probably shouldn't have a saying in this. But I am entitled to an opinion and my opinion is that, at it's core, cat, you're right. It's wrong to kill. It's even wronger to kill a human being.
But there are situations where we shouldn't decide for others. Each case is a case and it should be up to the person involved to decide what to do. What is the best course of action, for the "greater good".
Of course, as is the case with any decent/sensible political position, some people will abuse it, that's why it makes sense that some line is drawn, and, to me, that line should be drawn at the point when the parasite may survive on its own, with some leeway for caution, hence my previous notion of 15~20 weeks gestation, noting that the first 2 are virtual (doctors start counting gestation at the last period).
If the practice is legally persecuted, then women will have to do it illegally, possibly at home, or at someone else's home, instead of in a proper medical facility. If I was a woman and had the specter of one day needing to go through this procedure, I'd prefer to do it in a hospital/clinic, instead of at home, just in case anything goes wrong.... no point in having two deaths when one was planned.
