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In reply to the discussion: I'm pro-choice but, [View all]DrewFlorida
(1,096 posts)54. On this issue I am "center-left", while I agree there should be a choice for abortion,
I also think there should be some limit within the pregnancy at which that choice is no longer available, maybe the beginning of the 3rd trimester. I can build logical arguments in my head which support less time than that or more time than that, but I do think there should be a limit!
If your wife was 8 months pregnant and was beaten up causing death of the fetus, most people would consider that murder, I would! What does that say about how we look at the subject of pregnancy as a society.
On the other hand, I completely understand the concept that a woman has and should have control of her body.
This is a legitimately difficult subject, and given that, I think abortion should be legal and available, reasonable yet minimal limit.
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Buddhists believe that the first breath is when the soul enters the body and I just read a bit ago
Mnemosyne
Feb 2013
#1
Then the earliest point should be the one taken, right? I think that's what Roe v Wade did.
Honeycombe8
Feb 2013
#24
That's against the law, unless the baby will die upon birth, or unless the fetus or birth could
Honeycombe8
Feb 2013
#51
Yes, but unfortunately wages keep getting crushed and having a baby is a huge financial burden.
JaneyVee
Feb 2013
#40
there was a time after I had an abortion that I was unsure if I had done the right thing
liberal_at_heart
Feb 2013
#61
I'm Sure the Original Poster Didn't Start the Thread so they Could get Snark From Posters Like You
dballance
Feb 2013
#6
Seemed Rather Condescending to Me and Added no Value to Discourse on the Thread
dballance
Feb 2013
#10
Actually, I Haven't Said Anything on the Topic of The Thread and Don't Intend To
dballance
Feb 2013
#19
None of that matters. Jane Roe v. Henry Wade is about controlling your own body.
RB TexLa
Feb 2013
#44
On this issue I am "center-left", while I agree there should be a choice for abortion,
DrewFlorida
Feb 2013
#54
I support Roe v. Wade's definition of this point &, btw, rape or not, is ir-relevant to the woman's
patrice
Feb 2013
#57