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Originally Posted by Dilettante
I object to that rather strongly. Steve's poll had nothing to do with rape or incest or the sexual behavior of the mother.
It had to do with an exception to save her life.
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It demonstrated that (in this target audience) no one thinks that abortion is always unacceptable. If you were to ask people whether or not
murder is ever acceptable, I think you'd be hard pressed to find
anyone to say yes. Ergo, rhetoric notwithstanding, few if anyone actually believe that abortion is murder.
I then extrapolated using the reasons cited by supporters of a ban to conclude that the circumstances of conception (rape versus consensual, incest versus non-icky sex) are paramount and not the fetus itself. No one, it seems, would support a unilateral ban on abortion - exceptions must be made and those exceptions have nothing to do with the fetus itself.