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Originally posted by Stompy
If you get into an *accident* which results in the mother losing her baby, do you really get manslaughter (and jail time) for that? That's kinda messed up... accidents happen, ya know? But if you purposely went up to a mother and did something that resulted in her losing her baby, then yes, it makes sense for that to be illegal as opposed to the mother making a consious choice in having a doctor remove a fetus.
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Yes, it is a law in some states.
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As for the govt having the right to determine what you can/cannot do... a lot of those examples you gave fit well with "your rights end where mine begin" or basically your actions have a direct impact on others. That's why you can't trespass, be nude in public, etc...
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The problem is that you're very much affecting someone else's life with an abortion, especially a late term one. And right now as long as a full grown baby's head hasn't been outside the mother, it currently has no rights, even if it could be potentially alive and breathing without the mother.
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As for late term abortions, I thought I heard somewhere that Bush made 'em illegal, but if they aren't well.. I feel if you're in your 7 month of pregnancy, you can't exactly say, "Well I didn't know. I'm not ready and I don't want it." You should've said that earlier on. Might as well tough it out for another 2 months.
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Well he tried to push for a law banning partial birth abortions, but it was struck down by the supreme court, I believe. It had nothing to do with late-term abortions.