Seriously?
You would endorse a public policy that would arrest, prosecute as child killers and imprison women who elect to terminate an unwanted pregnancy? And of course such a policy would have to also arrest, prosecute and imprison all doctors, medical staff who participate. And don't forget the spouses, family members and friends who might help finance the procedure.
All of them would be subject to arrest, prosecution and imprisonment if abortion were to be made illegal.
i almost forgot about this thread. good thing i scrolled down. it is hard to think logically and then give an honest and logical answer to your question -- my 2 o' clock start time doesn't help much.
where do my symapthies lie? they lie with the unborn child sleeping in its mother's womb. i have no idea what goes through a mother's mind when she decides to go through with the procedure -- i have read where most women who make this decision are forever haunted by it. holy fuck, i just opened the first pack in my carton of marlboros and pulled out a .50 off a pack coupon. now, if every pack has the same coupon i'll be in business. anyways....
i believe that life begins at conception because that is what my religion tells me. to be honest, i don't believe everyone should be held to that standard. therefore, in the earliest stages of developmet of the embryo i could understand the argument of someone who is pro choice. not agree with or support it, mind you, but if i lived my day to day life in strict accordance with my Christian faith i would not be posting in a gambler's forum. i will continue to vote in accordance with those who share my views, i will respectfully debate those who don't, and i will acknowledge if someone's perspective can somehow penetrate my own and cause me to take a second look.
however, once that embryo has developed to a point where that child has a heartbeat, where it has been scientifically proven that the child not only has developed its own relexes but is also dreaming, then i consider that to be a baby. a fucking baby. some people argue the baby would have no chance of surviving outside the womb unless it was given life support. i made the comparison in another thread that asked the question if you were involved in a nasty automobile accident and you could not survive without life suppport for several months, but after that time you could function, should you be left to die?
young, unwed, pregnant mothers are nothing new in our society, but the numbers keep going up. the population keeps going up, naturally leading to more "unsuitable" mothers becoming pregnant. our government passes laws restricting tobacco companies from advertising in ways in which it deems target our children, yet freedom of speech allows all kinds of garbage to be broadcast to our kids that promote promiscuity. sex sells. the advances in our technology only ensure that this continues. i would bet my left nut if i hadn't lost it in a poker game that more than half of those who downloaded and watched the erin andrews video were also strongly against the bush wiretaps, claiming it a breach of privacy and a violation of the Constitution.
anyways, in regards to prosecuting those who choose to have abortions. tough one there. realistically, it will never happen. i would rather more of my tax dollars be spent on the alternatives. allow a woman with an unwanted child to sign up for assistance to carry her through term. team her up with someone willing to adopt the child. pass restrictions on abortion clinics that make them harder to be accessed much as the government is passing restrictions on everything else. force bus drivers to play less objectionable music while they ferry the children to school. don't condone abortion by paying for it with federal dollars. challenge parents to be more involved in the lives of their children.
now to answer your question in the hypothetical sense that a mother should be charged with a crime if she chose to end the life of a living child while the child was in her womb? if such a law existed, then my answer sir would be yes. i would favor that.
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