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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No it isn't. If Evangelicals don't want abortions, then they don't have to have them, but they cannot restrict other people's options and choices.

See the difference?[/quote]

You could say the same thing statutory child rape — “If you don’t like it, just don’t do it.” But that’s not the way it works in a democracy. We all get a say as to what is acceptable and unacceptable—regardless of our religious beliefs.

We are supposed to try to convince one another using logic and persuasion — not use the courts to force our minority religious dogmas on everyone else.[/quote]

A fetus is not a human being, not until it is fully formed and can function [i]separately[/i] from the woman. Separately does not mean independently by the way. We don’t treat a 6 week old fetus as a citizen in this country, nor does any country in the world.

But even if it were, we don’t [b]force[/b] people in this country to sustain another human being, even if it is to save their life. Mothers of newborns are not forced to keep and raise them, you are not forced to donate your bone marrow to a kid that will die without it. So forcing pregnant women to sustain a pregnancy against their will, is not only inhuman but makes them second class citizens in this country.

If you feel that citizens of this country should be forced to undergo medical and biological processes so they can sustain the life of someone else, then have it apply to everyone, and put it up for a vote. [/quote]

Actually we do — if an infant or child is in the hands of an adult, the adult is responsible for maintaining them and keeping them alive and safe. Under certain circumstances, the adult can hand over the child to others and thereby free him/herself from the obligation, but they can’t unilaterally decide to abandon the child wherever/whenever they want to; they must wait until the child can be cared for by others.

So yes, the law does impose obligations on adults to provide care and support to others—especially the most vulnerable among us such as babies and children.[/quote]

A fetus literally depends on your own blood to survive. Get bent with your bad faith nonsense.[/quote]

Or depends on technology. Are you arguing that a premie isn’t a person?[/quote]

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