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Originally Posted by joeydb
That's true regarding state's rights, and I also support state's rights and think that many issues currently under the federal umbrella do not need to be so.
But, I must point out, if life does begin at conception, abortion becomes synonomous with murder. Murder is outlawed everywhere in the United States at the local level, in addition to the state level in many cases.
When did laws prohibiting murder become anything less than absolute? We can't call the case for abortion a self-defense situation UNLESS the life of the mother is legitimately in jeopardy.
The main detrement to the Burger court decision is that it did not prove that life begins anywhere BUT conception. It argued viability, and an implied right to privacy that does not exist in the Constitution. Privacy and secrecy in covering up a crime of murder is no great virtue - in fact, we authorize wiretaps all the time to root out the terrorists and the mafia. The inescapable fact remains that life beginning at conception precludes morally any use of abortion - legal or not.
When you consider the Democratic Party's "Pro-Choice" stance, it was laughable that during the Bill Clinton 1992 and 1996 campaigns, the party asserted themselves as "the party for the children". Not the ones systematically destroyed through abortion.
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huge question there, one in which even you equivocate. above you said it was obvious, but already in this post, you're at 'if'. it's a point that's been argued, vociferously, by every side.
as far as using birth control, many do so, and not always successfully. so much for that argument...
you feel strongly about this, as is your right. so i say again, don't have one. but don't feel the need to push your beliefs on others. roe v wade won't be overturned. for as long as women have become pregnant, there have been those who don't wish to be, and who have done things to try to change that fact.