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[quote=RantingAtheist][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
I am ok with the day after pill (or week after pill, or whatever it is).  I am ok with birth control.  So if you make a mistake, or something unplanned happens, take the day after pill.  But 2-3 months later I think its too late, sorry.[/quote]

I consider myself a pretty liberal woman, and I've always wanted to be pro-choice, but I kind of agree with the above.  I could never really fully feel comfortable with the fact that, although it is a woman's body, technically the baby growing inside is a separate entity, life, body, whatever you want to call it, and an abortion is ending a life. I want to be pro-choice, but I have always felt uneasy about sanctioning termination of a human life.  I should clarify that I'm talking about after the growing baby has characteristics that, in my opinion, make it human (e.g., a developed and differentiated nervous system, beating heart, etc.).  Earlier than that in a pregnancy, I think it's a sufficiently murky and gray area, and abortion very early, in my book, is 'okay,' for lack of a better word. 
Also, my thoughts sometimes turn to the dads... it's the woman's body that is carrying the baby, but the baby is 50% dad's baby...so what happens if he wants the baby but the mom wants to terminate?  It's such a tough subject. I wish we could just eliminate the need for abortions, as a PP said.[/quote]

The law as it is now needs to be changed to determine a point where the baby is it's own entity. It is very barbaric and ignorant to think that just because its physically inside the woman that it is her property, I still can't believe this is the test of what is part of a person vs what is not, using this logic would a woman be able to take ownership of any being or item but consuming it? . I also feel it is unfair that a man has no say in whether a termination occurs or not.[/quote]

Can anyone tell me when we [i]legally require[/i] a living adult to submit their body for the needs of another living adult?  Are there any instances where, for example, we would force someone to donate blood against their will?  A liver?  A kidney?  Here's a hypothetical: I'm mugged, and in the course of being mugged, I am also stabbed.  The mugger/stabber is apprehended.  I need blood to survive, but oh noes!  The only person whose blood is compatible with mine is the mugger/stabber, and he doesn't consent!  Do our laws require that we strap his ass down and take his blood without his consent?

I'm not aware of any such legal requirement (and please correct me if I'm wrong).  So why in the world would we require a woman to submit her body for the needs of a fetus?  Why does a fetus have more rights than a living adult?[/quote]  
I'm the 13:32 poster. I understand your point; it's a good point. 
Such a difficult issue all around...wish we could eliminate the need for abortions.[/quote]

Yes, it's too bad some of the same evil motherfuckers are trying as hard as they possibly can to deny access to contraception as well.[/quote]

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