10-08-2015, 05:53 PM
(10-08-2015, 04:49 PM)bfine32 Wrote: I wonder if those opposed to Big Government in this situation feel the same with Gun Control. (Stricter controls)
A couple of ways to approach this. One, the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (sometimes referred to as property) shall not be infringed upon. That's the wording we're used to. The right to bear arms is not within that and it is listed as being due to a well regulated militia being necessary. I said in another thread, the rights to life and liberty are not necessarily on the same level as the right to bear arms.
That being said, I'm not really in favor of federal firearms regulations, either. The reason I don't often talk in depth about my position on these laws is because I haven't come to my conclusion on it. I would like to see a more educated public and a better background check system, but the federal government controlling it is concerning to me in a number of ways.
(10-08-2015, 04:49 PM)bfine32 Wrote: I disagree with the assertion that making abortion not a legal option would not reduce the number of abortions
I think it would reduce them to an extent because many of these women would not wish to break the law. However we would never rid ourselves of abortions because, just as in the days before Roe v. Wade, we would see black market abortions, abortion tourism, and home methods. All of which have a much higher for the mother. Already the access to abortion providers is minimal and we still see numbers that are too high. Making it illegal will cause those numbers to decrease, especially officially, but the actual decrease will not be nearly as significant because of all those that will go on unreported.
Abortions due to unwanted pregnancies are a symptom of a greater problem. As with anything, attacking the symptom doesn't actually get to the root of the problem and is not very effective. Roe v. Wade is here and so abortion is going to remain legal for the foreseeable future. Instead of wasting time and energy arguing about the symptom, let's use that time and energy to attack the cause of it all.
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"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
