It's hardly the most important issue in my life. In fact I don't even think about it unless reading opinion pieces. However, I am not religious, therefore, I do not believe that there is a God, or that the life of a fetus possesses divine rights.
I believe that you are 100% entitled to believe in God and believe that abortions are murder. Equally, I am entitled to believe that abortions are not murder. In the realm of political action, I am against legislating about this issue. It should never have happened anymore than legislating who can have chemotherapy.
That's my point of view. It never fails to surprise me that people on FR call me a Nazi or murderer. That is an egregious accusation. Many of my relatives were murdered by the Nazis. When you equate me with a Nazi--someone who systematically put people in gas chambers to face a conscious death--you concede the high ground. And sound about as compassionate to me as a Nazi.
Well, I've certainly never compared you to a Nazi. And yeah, in the USA you're entitled to believe what you want. I don't get it, though. A baby is an innocent life, completely and utterly defenseless. If you don't think that life should be protected, then I don't see why you would support legislation that criminalizes murder of an adult or rape or anything else. It's your right, but it puts us on two irreconcilable planes.
Over and out.
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