Foxfyre wrote: Pro lifers believe they are pro choice--but they believe the choice should be life whenever possible. The time for choice is before the risk of pregnancy is taken. If you are not pro-abortion, then neither is a prolifer anti-abortion as nobody on this thread has suggested that abortion for any reason should be made illegal.
It makes no sense to require that the choice be made before becoming pregnant, since God/nature/fate fails to respect our choices in the matter. IMO, people have the right to pursue happiness, which includes enjoying sex without the obligation to become parents if they conceive accidentally.
Quote:Could you elaborate a bit more on where such late term restrictions exist? I know that Roe v Wade anticipated that such restrictions could be appropriate, but the eye witness testimonies of nurses attending late term, including partial birth abortions, did not suggest that any of the cases they cited were medically necessary.
I don't know about other states, but Pennsylvania's post-viability abortion restriction provides that "no abortion may be performed after the 23rd week of pregnancy unless the attending physician and another physician who has examined the woman concur in writing that the procedure is necessary to preserve the woman's life or to prevent a "substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function." The physician must use the abortion method most likely to result in fetal survival unless in the physician's good faith medical judgment that method poses a significantly greater risk of the woman's death or a "substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function" of the woman than other available methods. A second physician must attend a post-viability abortion to provide medical attention to any live born child. 18 Pa. Cons. Stat. Ann. ยง 3211 (Enacted 1989)."
Quote:I have not heard one pro lifer on this thread say that 'necessary' abortions should not be performed. All are almost unanimous, however, that the developing life should receive both consideration and protection.
I said that anti-abortionists do not have the right to determine when abortions are "necessary," since they do not consider the wishes of the woman to be of any importance in the decision. Unfortunately, there are armies of anti-abortionists who are militant in their efforts to have virtually all abortions banned, even morning-after pills and very early abortions when there is no conscious life to be considerate of.
