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Originally Posted by analog
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So I have to ask, dear TFP- WHY does EVERY thread containing anything about abortion have to turn into a debate about viability vs. potential and pro-life vs pro-choice? Can't we ever just have the discussion at hand without ALWAYS departing to, "well blah blah my 2 cents because blah blah"?
There are likely 50 threads on abortion in Tilted Politics alone... so, henceforth, if anyone in this thread would like to continue this topic, please do it in another thread that isn't this one. This thread is about "how many is too many?", not "is it right or not?"
- analog.
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it seems to me that how many is tied into whether it is viabe, etc.
how many is too many? if it is only a potential life, then there is no such thing as too many.
if it is viable outside of the mother, that can change things.
i'm pro-choice, obviously, and don't think there's some magic number that's *too* many. i do think that it's in poor choice to abort after 6 months, since the fetus could survive outside her womb.
some people have given numbers as to what's too many, told us ideas about how we could regulate it (counseling, suggest for sterilization, all of which are fine), and one person i think said something about only being allowed a certain number and then having to carry it to term (if i'm mistaken about that, sorry, i may have read that elsewhere). why would we force someone who's had 4 or 5 to carry them to term? i think if someone isn't responsible enough to use protection and get preganant 4 or 5 times, you think that they'd be responsible enough to raise a child? not me.
but you're right, analog, the previous discussion wasn't really going anywhere, because i think myself and people who agree with me won't agree, or change the minds, of people who disagree with us, and vice versa. so it's an argument that really is just a waste of time.