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To: ansel12; 4rcane; bamahead
pro-choice means that you are pro-abortion.

I am pro-"choice." I believe that the individual has the right to do with his or her body as she pleases. I also believe that the individual has the right to bear the consequences of his or her actions. Those "consequences" can range from the fruits of a day's honest and lawful labor to a child born within a marriage.

If a man and a woman of lawful age voluntarily elect to engage in activities that carry the inherent risk of pregnancy, then I do not believe that they should be permitted an "abortion." Now, that's not meant to suggest that the resulting pregnancy is any sort of "punishment," but it is a normal consequence of said activities, and the two parents should accept the responsibility that they have to either raise the child themselves themselves or give it up for adoption.

It's the "edge" cases, most notably that of rape, where there tends to be disagreement. [That said, would I permit a rape victim to wait nine months and then out of the blue decide on a partial birth abortion? No!] Plus, what if the pregnancy itself threatens both the life and health of the mother and the child? [Think an ectopic pregnancy here.]

The problem with the abortionists is that they don't believe in personal responsibility. Then again, they are much like their fellow leftists in believing that one man should be forced to account for another's actions.

40 posted on 07/26/2009 1:01:20 AM PDT by rabscuttle385 (Who is Jim Thompson?)
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To: rabscuttle385

No dead babies.

As long as there is no body or body parts to dispose of and no one is killed, then I’m cool.


42 posted on 07/26/2009 1:08:50 AM PDT by ansel12 (Romney (guns)"instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people")
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