Very nice post, data. But I've got to take issue with portions of it.
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Originally Posted by datacaliber
Socially, I think illegalizing abortion is a bad idea. It's not a question of morals, but a question of law. I think that cheating on your wife with your best friend's wife is one of the lowest of the low. I think most people would agree. Why don't we have that codified into law? I'm against drinking, I think it's useless and the fact that it's responsible for so many deaths, many more than abortions, makes me wonder why we haven't outlawed it. Oh yeah, we did and it turned out horrible.
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I'm against making those things illegal because neither violates human rights. Abortion does, and in the vast majority of cases, does so without sufficient justification.
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Abortion is not right. Every fiber of my being detests it. I think that this applies to
most people, pro-choice and pro-life. However, are we so naive as to believe that passing a law will stop abortions? Are we willing to force the already downtrodden and heartbroken into the shadows to seek counsel? This battle cannot be fought with laws or government. The fight must start at home, with fathers showing their daughters what real men are made of and with mothers teaching their sons how to treat a lady. Then to the community and churches, who must give unexpectant mothers more than the option of being called a whore or a murderer. The State's only job is to make sure that if a woman choses an abortion, it is both sanitary and professionally done.
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I would agree if this were merely a moral issue, if the issue were deadbeat parents or illicit drug use. But this issue does not only involve the troubled mothers who are considering abortion. This directly involves their children as well, and those children deserve a law.
I'm not naive enough to think that abortion will end after such a law is passed. Nor would I be naive enough to think that a law against adultery would end that practice (if I wanted such a law). Nor am I naive enough to think that rape laws have effectively ended rape. It never works that way. There are always people who will disobey the law either because they think they won't get punished or because they believe in a higher principle which contradicts the law.