Would you support a total ban on abortion if it made no exception for the life of the mother?

There would be no "gray area".

Your choices are based on the following:

Abortion is completely banned. The health and life of the mother cannot be considered.

Abortion is allowed is all cases; based solely on the choice of the mother.

Abortion is either completely banned, or it is completely allowed.

The simple answer for me is probably no. I would want the ban to take into account times when the mother's life is in jeopardy.

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What exactly would the difference be? Either abortion is murder, in which case it should be opposed at all times, or it isn't, in which case it should be allowed for whoever wants it.

I voted no. The count is now 9-0 against a ban.

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I support no bans, regardless.

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I can't imagine anyone would support such a ban...honestly I don't see a point to this poll.
Only extremist pro-lifers would support a ban that would not allow an abortion when the mothers life is in question.

Abortion for the sake of birth control is IMO, the unnecessary killing of an unborn baby. Abortion for the sake of preserving the health or very life of the mother is often a medical necessity because chances are that if the mother is sick or dies, the baby won't make it either so why lose both of them?

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"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO HOO, What a Ride!"

Hmm, Steve.

Getting a unanimous result seems to indicate a flawed poll.

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Well, shit. If I knew you weren't going to see a point in it, I guess I wouldn't have posted it...



Now you're just contradicting yourself.

First you say that you can't imagine anyone supporting it, and then you follow that up with an example of the type of people who... wait for it... would support it.

Which is it?

Unecessary, perhaps.

But absolutely lawful...

I've never said it wasn't lawful so what's your point?

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"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO HOO, What a Ride!"

Anyone who says they consider it "murder" is, by definition, saying that it's unlawful. Clearly, it's not.

Many here have referred to it as "murder". My comment was for their benefit...

I voted "No", I would not support it. This example is the one and only example of an abortion ban that would, in my opinion, infringe on the womans rights - her right to life. The law should\ never require one citizen to risk his or her life for another.


The world isn't black and white. Murder isn't so much defined by the action, as much as the reason behind the action. An example is self defence - its not murder if you kill someone who is directly threatening your life. In the same way, abortion for the sake of convenience should be considered murder, where abortion for the sake of self preservation should not be.

Considering the state of abortion laws today, I think a good defense could be made that if a mother kills her own child- it is not really murder, it is merely a post birth abortion. Whadya think?

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Well there's a name for it, its called infanticide.