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Originally Posted by mixedmedia
I think I'm fully considering that having your child aborted when it is still just a mass of tissue is far different than carrying a child for nine months and handing it over to someone you didn't want to have children with.
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No you are considering how you would feel but not how others might feel. There are many people out there that would be devastated and don't view it as a "mass of tissue". I think if someone wants to take care of the baby and nurture it it should be born.
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Originally Posted by mixedmedia
So, in effect, you are agreeing that privileged men should have more rights over something as keenly important as parenting than under-privileged men?
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I'm not saying that at all. Do you think privileged men have more right to eat than non-privileged? There is a difference between the way things should be and the way things are and it is best not to confuse the two.
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Originally Posted by twistedmosaic
If you do believe that it is morally wrong to have an abortion, then this isn't even an issue you can intelligently discuss, as there is no set of circumstances which the mother should be able to abort.
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You are wrong, there are still many ways we can discuss this. This type of belief yields no progress in the debate.
I would do everything in my power to prevent someone else from aborting my baby (with an exception for health issues). I believe that having a baby is better than aborting a baby. At the same time I believe that my morals should not be forced upon others and nor should theirs be forced upon me and therefore do not believe we should ban abortion. Instead I think there is a place where both prochoicers and prolifers can agree and that is that we should make it easier for mothers who do not want their babies to have their babies find a good home. We need to provide incentive for these mothers to put their babies up for adoption and make the process easier for everyone.