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Old 02-05-2004, 06:01 PM   #48 (permalink)
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Originally posted by Ustwo
While I think all rape concieved children should be aborted, who the hell are YOU to decide the same things?
Here's the difference: I'm not deciding anything. I'm not imposing a choice that conforms to my values on the woman, but allowing her to make the choice. I'm not saying all rape-conceived children should be aborted, nor that they should all be carried to term. In the absence of compelling evidence about the beginning of human life/consciousness, decisions about a woman's body (for example, whether to allow a forcibly fertilized egg to implant in her uterus) should be left up to the woman.

And this is not a case of abortion, as many have pointed out. The drugs would prevent fertilization. If this is abortion, then all forms of birth control are abortion. Which they're not.
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