Navy Pride
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The SCOTUS is taking up this issue today.........Your comments please....
Navy Pride said:The SCOTUS is taking up this issue today.........Your comments please....
SixStringHero said:I am against it unless the mother's life may be at risk.
Do you support partial Birth Abortion if the mother's life is not endangered?
aps said:Me too. It will be interesting to see how the Supreme Court rules on this.
Hoot said:What kills me about these questions is...no one supports abortion. No woman wants to have to go through an abortion.
I believe in a woman's right to choose, but I do not support abortions.
We could help end the neccessity for abortions if the religious right would simply get off their moral high ground and attack the problem at the beginning, BEFORE the woman becomes pregnant.
Unfortuantely, this means better sex education and more wide spread availability of contraceptives...both things the religious right does not support.
So, there's our dilemna. Do I want late term abortions banned? No. Do I want any woman to have to go through a late term abortion? NO.
There are too many other variables, besides the life of the mother, that can come into play. This 'late-term' decision is between a doctor and their patient, and certainly not the federal government.
Besides...if late terms are banned, does anyone honestly believe that they will simply go away like a breath of fairy dust?
The solution is at the beginning...not after the pregnancy.
Wake up America.
Hoot said:We could help end the neccessity for abortions if the religious right would simply get off their moral high ground and attack the problem at the beginning, BEFORE the woman becomes pregnant.
Planned Parenthood is almost everywhere giving out free birth control and what not so I don't see your point. I'm not religious but I don't want public schools handing out birth control. It's not cause I'm uptight about sex it's cause I'd prefer teachers use their time in class to teach reading, writing, science, math, ect....Unfortuantely, this means better sex education and more wide spread availability of contraceptives...both things the religious right does not support.
There are too many other variables, besides the life of the mother, that can come into play. This 'late-term' decision is between a doctor and their patient, and certainly not the federal government.
Besides...if late terms are banned, does anyone honestly believe that they will simply go away like a breath of fairy dust?
The solution is at the beginning...not after the pregnancy.
Navy Pride said:The last time this came in front of the SCOTUS PBA was upheld with Justice Oconnor as the deciding vote.........I think Justice Alito will swing the vote the other way voting to ban PBA..........
aps said:Do you think they will vote to ban it period, or ban it with the one exception of the mother's health.
I think it will be the latter. They didn't want to rule on that statute that required a girl under 17 (I think) to get parental permission because it did not include a provision of when the girl's life is in danger.
Navy Pride said:The SCOTUS is taking up this issue today.........Your comments please....
DeeJayH said:well if the mothers health is in danger anyway
why dont they worry about saving the baby and sacrifice the mother.
so what if the mother dies, its her job to sacrifice for her young
*ducks under desk*
talloulou said:I resent the fact that you are implying that the "religious right" are the ones who don't support abortion. I'm not religious at all.
Talloulou said:Planned Parenthood is almost everywhere giving out free birth control and what not so I don't see your point. I'm not religious but I don't want public schools handing out birth control. It's not cause I'm uptight about sex it's cause I'd prefer teachers use their time in class to teach reading, writing, science, math, ect....
Talloulou said:Should we make murder legal because people still murder when it's illegal? Should we allow pedophiles to hurt children because laws against pedophilia don't make the pedophiles disappear like a breath of fairy dust....Nonsense argument.
Talloulou said:Exactly which is precisely why women should be more responsible and realize they have birth control, condoms, the morning after bill, ect....By the time you get in to talking about partial birth abortions you have passed the point of the beginning by far.
Korimyr the Rat said:I didn't vote in the poll.
I support partial birth abortion conditionally. While I am generally on the extreme end of the pro-choice spectrum-- I think taxpayer funding of abortion saves us money in Welfare and law enforcement-- I do not think that abortion should be elective beyond a certain point, generally the 26th week.
However, I believe that if it is necessary for the mother's health or there is evidence of serious deformity or genetic defect, late term or partial birth abortion should be allowed.
Hoot said:I believe in a woman's right to choose, but I do not support abortions.
We could help end the neccessity for abortions if the religious right would simply get off their moral high ground and attack the problem at the beginning, BEFORE the woman becomes pregnant.
Navy Pride said:What a bunch of mumbo jumbo that was............You want it both ways...
NYStateofMind said:This is a red herring. So called "partial-birth abortions" are already illegal unless a mother's life or health are at risk. If there is a problem with late term abortions being performed illegally, we need to enforce the laws we already have.
I support letting doctors and patients make medical decisions. The government has no business taking health care tools out of doctor's hands.
As a woman, I am very offended by the attempt to dictate what decisions I make about my body, my health, and whether or not, or when, I want to have kids. Sorry to be so blunt, but if you are a man who is against abortion, why don't YOU carry the baby to term and deliver it?! If you are a woman and you're against abortion, don't have one...no one is forcing you to have an abortion against your will!
I'm a big girl, I can make my own decisions, thank you. I would never dream of having an abortion, but I **** well don't want anyone taking that option away from any WOMAN who wants or needs it.
Men really shouldn't have any part in this debate until they start having babies. :mrgreen:
Blue Collar Joe said:Lets put it in a nutshell, then. You have the right to decide if you want to have the babies brains sucked out while it twitches, partially out of the womb. Gross description, but that is exactly what a partial birth abortion is.
In the case of the mother's health, I won't say a word. In the case of 'convenience', hell no.
And if the women want the men to stay out of this debate, then get a law passed that a man has an opportunity spanning three months from the time he is notified that Ms. X is pregnant to decide if he wants the baby or not. If he chooses not to, then he is exempt from child support for life, and doesn't get to see the kid.
She has no say in the matter, since it is not her life she is interfering with, but his.
NYStateofMind said:This is a red herring. So called "partial-birth abortions" are already illegal unless a mother's life or health are at risk. If there is a problem with late term abortions being performed illegally, we need to enforce the laws we already have.
I support letting doctors and patients make medical decisions. The government has no business taking health care tools out of doctor's hands.
As a woman, I am very offended by the attempt to dictate what decisions I make about my body, my health, and whether or not, or when, I want to have kids.
I'm a big girl, I can make my own decisions, thank you. I would never dream of having an abortion,
Men really shouldn't have any part in this debate until they start having babies. :mrgreen:
And the socalled "pba" bill didn't include provisions for health, so it still doesn't meet SCOTUS standards.aps said:Do you think they will vote to ban it period, or ban it with the one exception of the mother's health.
I think it will be the latter. They didn't want to rule on that statute that required a girl under 17 (I think) to get parental permission because it did not include a provision of when the girl's life is in danger.