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I'm not debating that topic. My point was about the state not focusing on issues that affect all 5 million residents. If someone in Florence has an abortion, that's not affecting me because I'll never know about it, but the state highways falling apart does because I drive on them.
I don't think it is true the state is not working on issues that affect all 5 million residents. The SC DOT is working on the 2nd most expensive infrastructure project in the state's history right now in Greenville. And I think the state leaders have done everything they can to attract businesses to this state, perhaps too much in some cases with overgenerous tax incentives.
Pro life people think protecting life is as important as the roads. I'm assuming that there are a lot of things that don't affect you personally that you want to be illegal.
Lincoln wasn't a slave and couldn't have been enslaved but he opposed slavery. The argument that Lincoln made against slavery can be modified slightly and applied against abortion. His position on slavery eventually lead to his assassination. He lost his life because he cared about something that didn't affect him personally.
'As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master.'
'Whenever I hear any one arguing for slavery I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.'
Last edited by ClemVegas; 02-25-2018 at 06:58 PM..
Deciding what other people do with their bodies to satiate your religious beliefs is the most abhorrent practice of the right, one that believes that the government should stay out of people's lives, short women's reproductive workings.
Deciding what other people do with their bodies to satiate your religious beliefs is the most abhorrent practice of the right, one that believes that the government should stay out of people's lives, short women's reproductive workings.
Just playin devil’s advocate here, but it’s not the woman’s body but the person inside of it that’s affected. The question is more of a moral question than a religious one.
Just playin devil’s advocate here, but it’s not the woman’s body but the person inside of it that’s affected. The question is more of a moral question than a religious one.
Well, that's the thing that's tough, right? It's a religious, moral, and scientific issue. To 'solve' the question of pro-choice vs. pro-life requires that we all agree about questions like when does life begin and when does a woman's right (regarding her body and what/who is in it) end. It's such a complicated and emotional issue that it's a shame that it's often used as a political tool.
I think what is frustrating a lot of people is that these politicians have no hope of actually passing legislation and they know it. They are playing politics to their base, rather than sparking healthy debate.
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