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Old 05-25-2013, 03:01 PM
 
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It's understandable that most things people may find immoral should still be legal - being drunk all day, cheating on your wife/husband, or gambling are things that people look down upon but agree it would be insane to outlaw them.

However, when it comes to abortion, this view doesn't make much sense. Even pro-choice people seem to view abortion as something that, while it should be available, is wrong. Indeed, the "safe, legal, and rare" mantra seems to conced that, while abortion should remain an option, society would be better off if there were less abortions. Why? If abortion should be legal, why care how often it happens?

I don't understand this. If a pro-choice person believes that the fetus is not a person, and it is thus okay to terminate it, why would that same person have any moral hesitations about the act? If abortion is allowed because the fetus is simply "a lump of cells" as many have described it, why do we care if abortions are "rare" or not?

I hope my qualm is clear. I'm not trying to start a whole discussion on the abortion issue, I just don't understand why a pro-choice person still might view abortion has an immoral act.


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Okay, people don't seem the be getting my question. I'll try to put it more simply:
PRO-CHOICE PEOPLE, WHAT ABOUT ABORTION TO YOU IS "IMMORAL" ?
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Old 05-25-2013, 03:02 PM
 
Location: Houston
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I view abortion as an immoral act, but as a follower of Mill's principle, not an act that should be illegal.
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Old 05-25-2013, 03:04 PM
 
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I view abortion as an immoral act, but as a follower of Mill's principle, not an act that should be illegal.
I understand that. But why is it immoral to you?
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Old 05-25-2013, 03:04 PM
 
Location: Jasper, Alabama
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I don't like abortion, but I think it should be kept legal, because the alternative makes the world a much worse place to live in.
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Old 05-25-2013, 03:05 PM
 
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I don't like abortion, but I think it should be kept legal, because the alternative makes the world a much worse place to live in.
Again, I don't understand this. You think abortion should be legal but you "don't like it." Why precisely don't you like abortion? You don't think the fetus is human, I assume, so why have any moral hesitations?
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Old 05-25-2013, 03:20 PM
 
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Old 05-25-2013, 03:23 PM
 
Location: My beloved Bluegrass
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I think abortions preformed after the gestational age we have had child live is wrong and should not be legal. I am not sure whether it constitutes life prior to that point, which is why I can personally think it isn't okay but think it should be legal for those that it is okay. If we ever learn differently I will hammer out my feelings so they reconcile then. Until then, whether it is okay for someone not in my immediate circle to get an abortion is not up to me and my God but them and their God. I still wish it was really used as a measure of the last resort as opposed to the automatic answer. I am not sure how we got to the point that adoption was considered the worst answer in an unplanned pregnancy. I do think the father needs to have a say in not having an abortion unless there is a compelling reason not to allow that ... and inconveniencing the mother is not one a compelling reason.
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Old 05-25-2013, 03:25 PM
 
Location: Jasper, Alabama
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Again, I don't understand this. You think abortion should be legal but you "don't like it." Why precisely don't you like abortion? You don't think the fetus is human, I assume, so why have any moral hesitations?
A fetus is a not fully-formed human.

But the cold, hard, facts are that if abortion were illegal, then we would have a much bigger and uglier problem on our hands; one that abortion does help (somewhat) to alleviate.

It has to do with demographics.
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Old 05-25-2013, 03:27 PM
 
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A fetus is a not fully-formed human.

But the cold, hard, facts are that if abortion were illegal, then we would have a much bigger and uglier problem on our hands; one that abortion does help (somewhat) to alleviate.

It has to do with demographics.
At which point does the fetus become "fully-formed" ? Humans continue to develop up until 18.
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Old 05-25-2013, 03:34 PM
 
Location: Montreal, Quebec
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Okay, people don't seem the be getting my question. I'll try to put it more
simply:
PRO-CHOICE PEOPLE, WHAT ABOUT ABORTION TO YOU IS "IMMORAL" ?
I'm pro-choice and I don't consider it immoral.
That being said, it's like killing a mosquito with a cannon. It's much easier to swat it or apply Deep Woods Off.
Just like it's easier taking the proper precautions to avoid getting pregnant in the first place.
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