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Originally Posted by Aquila
I agree in principle.
However, it's not the GOVERNMENT'S business if a woman allows herself to get pregnant or not. It's also not the GOVERNMENT'S business as to if a woman is even pregnant. It's not the GOVERNMENT'S business if anyone is having sex or not. It's not the GOVERNMENT'S place.
Why do we think the GOVERNMENT can force a woman to give birth if she doesn't want to? As terrible as abortion is... that's some pretty serious power given to GOVERNMENT.
Now... I'm all for ministries that work on giving women prolife options and education. I think that is important. I also think churches and charities should arise to the occasion and address the issues that women face in crisis pregnancies to discourage abortion. But the moment the GOVERNMENT calls the shots on something so deeply personal as one's sovereignty over their own body... I get a bit cautious.
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Then maybe you should be fighting against mandatory vaccinations. I just quit nursing school over them trying to force me to get a flu shot that they said became mandatory in the middle of the semester. This was not mandatory when I signed up. Right now, I am trying to get my money back.
I think the debate becomes strange when abortion rights people talk about
her own body, as if her body is the only one in question. Unfortunately, there are TWO bodies involved, intertwined in a way that she does not want but should have thought of before she engaged in intercourse. Of course, in instances of rape etc, she did NOT have a choice, but I would argue she does not have a right to kill another human being over her unfortunate circumstances.
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