05-25-2016, 12:22 PM
(05-25-2016, 12:09 PM)PhilHos Wrote: But it would minimize them. And less abortions is a good thing.
Second Amendment advocates would disagree with your logic.
In all seriousness, though, I get what you're saying. I think the most difficult time I have with anyone advocating making abortion illegal is that is all they advocate for. I would be closer (though not entirely there) to accepting the idea of making "abortions of convenience" illegal if the people advocating to do so were also advocating for better sex education, access to reproductive healthcare (including, but not limited to, contraceptives), increased monetary support for families, and better fiscal support for our foster/adoption services. Without those things making abortion illegal will do nothing but increase the number of "back alley abortions," impoverished families, and put additional burden on an already overwhelmed foster system.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
