Originally Posted by
Wind Song
No, we'll just have more dead women. This post shows that you don't value the woman's life at all. It's only fetal life you care for. The practice of abortion is unrelated to the status of the fetus - it hinges totally on the aspirations and needs of women. Women have abortions regardless of the law, regardless of the risk to their lives or health, regardless of the morality of abortion, and regardless of what the fetus may or may not be.
it shows I care for ALL life. I value babies as much as people; killing one life to POTENTIALLY save women from their own CHOICES is at its core, hateful. If you want to solve this issue through body-count, how about we take the number of babies NOT killed and subtract from that the number of ladies who willingly take back-alley abortions and end up dead. Which 'saves' more life - abolishing abortion on demand, OR allowing wide-spred infanticide?
"the fetus" - Your word choice betrays a hateful disposition; your disregard for life seems at odds with your claimed Buddhism.
Originally Posted by
Wind Song
It happens to be true that prior to Roe, many women died from unsafe, back alley abortion procedures. Others committed suicide. Do you care about the woman's life at all?
In all these cases, the fetus AND the woman died.
Do you want to punish any woman who terminates her pregnancy by imprisoning or killing her?
How many? How many vs. the number of babies slaughtered in the name, solely in the name of convenience? I have NO problem with anybody engaging in dangerous behaviour. Babies do not GET to choose. That's the problem. Maybe we allow them to be born, grow up, THEN decide if they want to die?
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