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Originally posted by Jonsgirl
Having had a personal expierence with abortion, I have a few things to say.
1. If you've never had to face it, you can't understand it, and have NO right to dictate what the choice should be for anyone else.
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I'm sorry, but that is a ridiculous argument. Would you also be willing to suggest that only people over the age of 65 should be able to have an opinion on Medicare? Perhaps only rich white males in their fifties should be the only ones allowed to make policy at all? Welcome to America -- even though I won't benefit from such a .. "procedure" .. I can still speak my mind about what I think of it, and rail to stop its abuse. Instead of suggesting such a thing, perhaps you could educate the rest of us as to how it can be justified?
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Originally posted by Jonsgirl
2. The choice should given to every mother, whether they take it or not is up to them. Every situation, every person, every circumstance is different. A body of legistalors, an angry mob, or even a slightly peeved mob, should not be able to make a blanket decsion and take that choice away from them.
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The last I checked, an abortion affects more than just the mother. Because of this, it is not a decision that should be left solely up to the mother.
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Originally posted by Jonsgirl
3. I never felt like it was "my" decsion. My husband and I talked about every option. It was 100% mutual.
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I can assure you that this is not the case in every situation. Two friends of mine have had abortions without even telling the father that they were pregnant -- that, to me, is incredibly deceitful.
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Originally posted by Jonsgirl
4. I do not regret, or feel in any way saddened, by our decsion. I can live easier with the fact that we have no child than I could with the fact that someone else had the raising and love of our child.
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I'm probably reading this wrong, but that sounded incredibly selfish to me. You're glad that the child is gone, rather than that the child may have been making some other -- grateful -- family happy? What?
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5. I respect all of the opinions and arguements presented here. I may not agree with them, but I respect them. Please have the same repect for mine.
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I really don't see how you can suggest that "if you haven't done it, you have NO right to dictate what the choice should be" and then claim to respect others opinions. You can't have it both ways.