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I unfortunately do not believe that is sufficient value in arguing about something that is so personal to people. A president's first concern should be to the
by jdavid 18y ago
I unfortunately do not believe that is sufficient value in arguing about something that is so personal to people.
A president's first concern should be to the sovereignty of a Nation (economy, education, infrastructure, trade, military), and somehow, whether or not a woman wants to kill her unborn child is of little concern to me on a national level. That is something that should be decided by her religious beliefs or where she chooses to live and raise her family. I meat so many female vegetarians that don't want to kill a cow to eat it, that I can not imagine a woman aborting a baby because its FUN.
Women typically have a reason, and if we want to stop abortions there are so many pieces to the puzzle that making abortions illegal will not stop them.
If the reasons are economic, then we need to give single mothers more help.
If the reason is emotional in the case of rape and inceast, we need to be understanding to let them choose.
If the reason is medical, and life threatening, the moral lines are gray at best anyways.
If it was done as the result of a carefree sexual behavior, stopping abortions are not going to stop pre-martial sex. Heck I bet many of us on this forum are 1st borns and very well might be the result of a opps between two unmarried lovers.
It really pains me that we can become so easily divided on a topic that is so personal and so hard to be black and white on.
I really wish there were more political options than YES or NO.
- lutorm 18y agoI'm with you here. Besides it being a matter of the majority tyrannizing a tiny minority (same with same-sex marriage), while I can see how people can feel strongly about it, I'm surprised they really feel it is so important that it should trump issues affecting their own daily lives like economy, health care and the environment.
- yummyfajitas 18y agoYou are surprised probably because you either do not understand their position or do not believe they honestly hold that view. Abortion opponents tend to believe unborn babies are living humans. This implies abortion is the murder of a baby. Hence, legalized abortion is enabling the murder of millions, i.e. genocide. Is it really surprising that people consider genocide here in America to be a larger issue than the economy? Note: I'm not going to argue this idea one way or the other, no one will change their mind. Just pointing out that if you understand the logic of abortion opponents, a fanatical opposition to abortion is quite understandable.
- jdavid 18y agoits surprising that people continually choose arguments that are mono cultural. its a big world out there and societies have existed for millennia in a number of ways. its just hard to fathom that in a country that honors the freedom of religion, that we still do not get poly culturalism.