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Originally posted by soccerchamp76
I.E. You shoot someone with a gun, and you know that they are going to die, but for some reason believe you do not believe that you should be punished for it.
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IMO, that's like comparing apples to oranges, as that person would already be alive and not just a clump of developing cells with no active mind/consciousness. Ending a life of a fully developed (not to mention, already born) person vs. an embryo are just two vastly different things. To me, it's just an embryo. Granted, the longer you wait and the more late-term it is, the more of an obligation you have to carry it through (aren't late term abortions illegal?). As humans, we own our bodies, not the government, so to terminate a growing embro inside a female is really a drastically different concept than walking up to someone for no apparent reason and shooting them in the face.
Am I glad my mother didn't have an abortion? It's easy to say yes now that I'm alive, aware of myself, and understanding of exactly what life is, but if she chose the other route, big deal. I wouldn't have known it any different.
But in the end, the moral dilemma is based purely on personal interpretation. If my girlfriend accidentally became pregnant because the pill failed and we came to the decision that now is not the proper time to have a child, I wouldn't think twice about going through with an abortion. The only people who'd be upset with it are those against abortions, but then again, if I lived my life how everyone else wanted me to live it, I'd be a pretty disappointed human being.
I suppose this will forever be a never ending debate until the origin of the consciousness is ever noted during the development of the embryo, but thank god it's legal and thank god women have the choice to decide what's right for themselves.
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Not trying to change anyone's opinion, of course, but just stating my own and my appreciation for the fact that it's legal.