You answer like a politician. But you have shown your hand. It is clear that you think the government has no business making laws to protect the fundamental rights of it’s smallest citizens. You are pro choice. Let the woman decide. Let us persuade her with our words but not with laws.
The ONLY difference in killing a child in the womb and killing him or her minutes after birth is the legality. One is called abortion and the other murder. Why are you okay with allowing the woman to choose one and not the other?
Let’s suppose that it was legal for your (hypothetical) daughter to take your 1 month old granddaughter to the doctor and have her ‘put to sleep’. Would you try to convince her by your words while saying the government shouldn’t be involved? Would you be against ANY intrusion imposed by government to make your daughter stop and think about her decision? I think not!
From your posts, it is clear that you do not consider a baby in the womb as being a human worthy of equal protection under the law; the same protection that you enjoy. If you did, you would understand that this isn’t about big government intrusion but protection of rights which IS the proper role of government.
We should change hearts and laws. Murder is illegal but murders still take place. Maybe we should just make it legal, safe and rare.
There is no such thing as a “smallest citizen”. There are only citizens, and all are equal under the law.
The Constitution does not recognize a fetus as a citizen. You want to work to change this, fine. Then yoyu will have a solid footing for making abortion illegal, but what I am saying is that is taking the long, long, long way around.
If you change hearts so that people don’t seek out abortions there will be none, regardless if they are legal. That’s reality.
Am I in favor of women making their own decisions- HELL YES!!! I am a conservative!!! I am also a Catholic, so I work to change hearts so if they choose to bring the child into the world- nothing to do with GOVERNMENT!!!!