(08-26-2024, 03:10 PM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(08-26-2024, 03:00 PM)mikesez Wrote: I agree but politics is the art of the possible.

Too many people have the "babies are God's punishment to sluts" mindset and they want to make sure that those who had no choice in the matter aren't "punished" with a baby.

These people are inclined to my side and I need their votes if we are ever going to be able to use government policy to reduce abortion.

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Something like 9 out of 10 intentional abortions are for non-medical reasons. But that 1 in 10 is still a really high number of occurrences and we should have a better answer for how to deal with them.

The fundamental premise of the anti-abortion stance is that an unborn child is a human being which has rights and deserves protection.  If that unborn child is the product of rape or incest, that doesn't change the fact that if you are pro-life, that is a baby that should be protected.  That's why I don't understand the exception for rape or incest.  How the baby got there does not change the fact that it is a human life.

I already said I agree with you but too many people disagree.  Very few people are willing to stake their reputation on requiring rape victims to keep their baby. 

Especially because, today, the mother who keeps her rapist's child typically has to go through complicated, expensive legal maneuvers to prevent that rapist from having any contact with her or the child.

You know me.  I try not to let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

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