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Originally Posted by Nebe
The problem with conservative thinking is that things tend to become black and white. A more liberal way of thinking breaks down the problem and says "what if".
The fact is that while some may abuse this option out of pure convenience, the option has to be there for the times when the mother knows that this is the best option to take.
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Abortion was always legal in the case of rape, incest, or when the life of the mother was in jeopardy. What Roe V Wade did, was makit it legal to abort for sheer convenience.
"The problem with conservative thinking is that things tend to become black and white"
I would state that is a virtue of conservative thinking. In my opinion, there are moral absolutes in our world. The problem with liberal thinking, is that it's based on the philosophy of "if it feels good, do it, anything goes".
"while some may abuse this option out of pure convenience"
Why use the word "may"? There's zero confusion here, the vast majority of abortions are done for convenience, every study shows that. So if you think that convenience abortions are an abuse, does that mean you think they shoiuld be illegal?
"the option has to be there for the times when the mother knows that this is the best option to take"
For whom i sit the best option? Not the baby. You're saying that one person (the mother) can do anything she wants, without regards to others, when it's her 'best option'? Using that logic, why don't we legalize slavery again, because cheap labor may be the 'best option' for the plantatoion owner?
Conservatives tend to believe that there are 2 people to consider in this equation, Nebe. Despite what Sea Dangkes says, the pro-life poeition isn't designed for the intent to enslave the mother. It's to protect the other person involved.
We're way off track here, but it's not about the general concept of "choice". We all favor criminal laws that limit the "choices" one person can make, if that choice would hurt someone else. Every single one of us agrees on that, and i don't think that makes any of us "anti-choice". This issue, then, is only about one thing - whether or not the baby represents "someone else" who has dignity, value, and worth. I believe the baby does have dignity and worth, and for that, Sea Dangles compares me to the Taliban.