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Originally Posted by Dilettante
There are certainly people who feel that way.
But it seems like you're trying to push people into one of two extreme camps: Those who would forbid all abortions ever (or only allow them to protect the mom)
Or those who would always allow abortion by any means, even if it meant extracting all but the kids toes and then smashing him with a sledge hammer.
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Not quite. I'm pointing out the hypocrisy of the extremes of both arguments. Painting oneself into a corner is fault of the individual and has nothing to do with my revealing the predicament to them.
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I think that the vast majority of people fall somewhere in the middle. They don't want to end legal abortion, but they aren't comfortable with allowing any and all abortions by any means. It is a vast spectrum of gray area, which is not totally consistent with the ideology of either end of the spectrum.
This laws seems to reflect that.
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Indeed. The vast majority of Americans support abortion. No one agrees to limits because no one can come up with a fair and legitimate, religiously unbiased argument either way.
All we know is that most Americans apparently can see themselves in a situation in which they might be faced with such a horrendous decision and they can imagine the state claiming authority over their own judgement - and they don't like it.
This PBA decision is ineffectually and illegitimately argued. IMO.