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Originally Posted by redflagboy
Why not just allow abortions but make it dependent on professional approval? I think the way it works in much of Europe is an adequate solution. It doesn't prohibit all abortions, but it does prohibit abortions which are just a matter of personal choice without consideration of the standard of living of the child and parents or mental and physical health.
To think that mothers have some inalienable right to have complete power over the life or potential life of their children is rather ridiculous. There are many, many more people involved in this decision than just the mother. What of society? What of the father? What of the medical considerations? All these things need to be in the equation.
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Women do have complete power over their own bodies. We have no obligation to act as incubators for the sake of society or the biological father, and the medical implications are own own concern. Your proposal of making women grovel to doctors for the right to have an abortion is patronising. Do you honestly not think that a woman's desire to not continue the pregnancy isn't a good enough reason to "allow" her to have an abortion?
I can actually respect the people who oppose abortion because they genuinely believe that it is murder, even though I passionately disagree with them. The people I just cannot respect are the ones who support abortion, but only whent they approve of then reasons and the circumstances. That stems from a far greater desire to control women than anything the "pro lifers" can come up with.