The Abortion Question

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(09-29-2015, 12:16 PM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: You wrote the two were sereperate, not one.  I wrote it isn't one or the other, but both; for some of the reasons you listed above and more.

No, I said the fetus was a separate entity. Yes, the fetus is dependent on the mother for its survival, but that doesn't make it any less a separate entity than if it was a tapeworm or some other parasite.

oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote:I never wrote dependancy was a reason for abortion.  

My apologies for making it seem like that point was addressed to you specifically or addressing something you said. Your questions reminded me of the point I was addressing in how some pro choicers argue that since a fetus is reliant on its mother for survival that makes it okay to be aborted.

oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote:My position is it isn't the government's place or my place to tell a woman or couple they can't get an abortion based upon my morals, values, and beliefs.

It's the government's place to reasonably protect the lives of its citizenry. Without digressing onto the topic of fetuses being citizens, our government is supposed to be made up OF the people. In other words, it most certainly is the government's place to say a couple can't get an abortion, if that's the will of the people.

oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote:Obviously, you aren't in favor of an abortion.  Great.  That is what is right for you and your family based upon your morals, values, and (religious) beliefs.  Let other people be governed by their conscience, not your's.

Suppose my child has severe mental retardation and will always be reliant on someone to take care of him or her. My conscience says that I'm doing him or her a favor by ending his or her life right now. You're position is that you nor the government has any right to tell me to not to?

C'mon now. You're argument is a cop out. We're not talking about smoking in public or child vaccinations or, hell, even gay marriage. We're talking about the ending of human lives. You better believe that the government has a role in it and if it doesn't, it should.