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@B9XB8FN 5mos5MO
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While I don't personally agree with abortion, I also don't believe that it is my place to dictate what someone does with their own body. I'm against abortion due to my own moral and religious beliefs, however not everyone shares those same beliefs and therefore shouldn't be held to them. Regardless of my own beliefs, I could understand why someone would turn to abortion for various reasons including rape, incest, health risk, abuse, etc. I also don't believe that a decision that should be between the person who is pregnant and a healthcare professional should be left to the government, or other citizens, who presumably have very little healthcare knowledge and/or training.
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The argument is centered on the belief that this only affects the woman's body. However, the question is, does the baby have rights? Does every human inherently have value and rights? Every baby deserves protecting, I think there should be better ways of taking care of pregnant women and harsher laws / greater protections against atrocities like rape. I, as an adult, do not have the right to kill a child or adult, so pregnant women should not be able to choose to kill their child, either.
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@BB3VWQF 4mos4MO
While abortion is morally wrong according to my religion, and I believe each child should have a choice, the government does not have a right to ban certain medical treatments, as long as they are privately funded. I do not think that abortions should be covered by insurance except in the case of rape or incest, but they should not be banned because the government does not have the power to. Additionally, just the banning of the treatment will not prevent the activity. The amount of illegal abortions will drastically increase, leading to dangerous consequences for both the baby and the mother. The individual has the right to choose, even if I would not personally align with this decision.
@BB52MPSRepublican4mos4MO
One, I believe it's murder, and it goes against everything I stand for. People like to point out that it's just a clump of cells, but scientists have repeatedly shown that it is life from conception. People like to use rape, poverty, etc., to say that abortion needs to stay, but it just adds to the trauma of a dead baby on top of their trauma. Rape is a terrible thing, man or woman, but abortion isn't the answer. There are other ways to succeed in life while also making sure your baby girl or boy has a chance at life. Your baby could also be another persons miracle.
@Gavyn-MuncriefIndependent 2mos2MO
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While I am religious and agree abortion is wrong but disagree it should not be banned. May I ask is there a specific point it does become murder, is it at week 6 or 20, and at what point is the baby officially living is it during brain activity or is it heart beat, and how does it differ than a man wanting to get a vasectomy?
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Abortion is morally wrong regardless if it is religion or not. There has been emphasis on the fact that abortion mothers felt after having their baby aborted. Abortion mentally took down some mothers, but more so it can make the mother unable to conceive another baby which can lead to depression. It's not just about illegal case growing, its about the emotional toll that an abortion has for former mothers. (I'm not coming back to read your responses ;-;)
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I would still vote to ban it because those two scenarios are rare and can be delt with in better ways than murder.
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@B86N72L 8mos8MO
it isn't about the government when a mother decides she physicaly can not take care of her so to be child
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The fact of the matter is that she is pregnant. There is a human growing inside of her whether her circumstance is favorable or not. It is her responsibility to allow the child to have a chance at life, and if she isn't able to support her child once they are born, then she should put her child up for adoption.
@B893RLV8mos8MO
abortion shall be allowed if you can't not take care of the baby for income reasons or even for rape and etc. It should be allowed. Unless If you and your partner intentionally did the deed and wanted a baby but then u don't. then it shouldn't be allowed.
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The government should not outright ban it, however, each woman should only be allowed one (except in the case of rape, incest, or danger to mother) to prevent the abuse of the option of abortion.
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I don't agree that every woman should be allowed to have an abortion. I believe that if you are having sex, then you know the outcome that comes out of doing this. However, with rape, incest, or danger to the mother, I would allow it do to the fact that it could save someone, whether it be the baby or the mother. I do not agree with abortion, but I also feel that it would be hard for a young woman to raise a kid who is half of the person who raped her.
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The strongest counterargument I see to that position is that governments routinely place limits on individual freedom when another human life is believed to be at risk. While I understand the concern about government overreach—and I think that concern deserves serious respect—I don’t believe the abortion debate can be reduced to privacy or personal liberty alone. From a pro-life perspective, the central question is whether the unborn child is a human life deserving legal protection. If someone believes that life begins before birth, then it follows that the government has… Read more
@BD2N2FC 2mos2MO
Abortion is murder no matter if it’s a month in or 4 months in. The Bible speaks that murder is a sin and it very much so is. Murder is when you kill something living and has a heartbeat. Taking a baby’s life in the womb is as sin because God called that baby to life and has plans for it. If someone truly thinks that life begins once the baby is born and its okay to abort it before it is born, then that is crazy to me.
@BCZZDJG2mos2MO
I feel that abortion was a very bad things that human could do, as the parents should be responsible for the baby that they just created, and it should be an illegal things to do, as is their responsibility as a parents to take care their child, and I think by debating itself wouldn't really change anything, but by put a laws that make it illegal maybe it could fix it.
@B9Y8B2YRepublican 4mos4MO
The government does in fact have a right to ban it because they provide the funding for clinics and all things to practice this. They also enforce laws and can pass laws and bills, so seeing to the fact that we already have laws against murder, there should be laws against pre-birth murder because it's the same thing as killing the baby when it leaves the body, people just think that because you can't hold it it's okay when it's not.
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I do agree that the government doesn't have the right to ban abortion and it shouldn't able to pass a bill or law to make it seem like abortion is murder when it shouldn't even be up to the government to decided that because everyone has their own opinion and passing a law or bill like this can cause chaos in the country.
I disagree with people who want to keep abortion because even if you are a victim of rape I still believe that you should have the baby and put it up for adoption.
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@RIPCharlieRepublican 7mos7MO
#8 Engaged Counter Argument Informed Abortion
Yes, the pro-choice movement always seems to forget that someone who doesn't want to raise their child can make an adoption plan.
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abortion is morally/ethically wrong, however it would be unconstitutional to implement a nation wide ban, so politically speaking i’d be pro choice, however if a woman were to choose to get an abortion she would be making an immoral decision, which possibly the only exception to that being the .1% of all abortions which is life of the mother.
The choice of handling your own body should not be a decision a politician should make. I am favorable towards letting people be born and live but the government should never try to restrict access to your own body on the basis of a moral based argument like the Pro-life Argument. A doctor should always be a factor in deciding abortion rather than a politician and a state based abortion restriction isn't fair towards all people.
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The government should not have the right to dictate what women do with their bodies. Additionally, there are almost half a million children in the foster care system with 40% reporting some kind of abuse in the system. If the government wants to regulate people's lives they should start with children that have already been born not the ones that haven't been born yet.
@BCSGTT62mos2MO
Every situation is different, a natural occurring abortion should not be seen as something bad. ]Victim of rape should not be forced to have a child. But if you have the resources and the responsibilities you should not kill the baby because you don't want the responsibility of having a kid, your free will actions have a reaction.
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@BDZR4M3Independent 6 days6D
Arguments regarding the legality of abortion often focus on the limits of government authority over medical privacy and bodily autonomy. Research suggests that restricting access does not eliminate the practice but can lead to increased health risks for women. Data from organizations like the World Health Organization indicates a correlation between restrictive laws and higher maternal mortality rates. Furthermore, longitudinal research such as the Turnaway Study suggests that being unable to access reproductive healthcare can have significant long-term financial consequences, including an increased likelihood of living below the poverty line.
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if one believes abortion ends a human life with inherent value (a "future-like-ours"), then the government has a compelling interest to protect that life, making bans a moral imperative, not just a policy choice, shifting the debate from bodily autonomy vs. government overreach to protecting vulnerable life vs. personal choice
@B9B3QTL5mos5MO
Unborn humans should be given the same rights as any other American citizen. In fact the whole idea that mothers should have the right to murder is ageist, what is the difference between a baby in the womb and a baby right after it is born, both are equally dependent on the mother. The concept that humans actually aren't created equal in unconstitutional and what we as an American society have fought since the founding of our country, rights for slaves, rights for women, all to be treated equal. Abortion is the modern and most relevant genocide.
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The government already protects human life through laws against murder and abuse, so it’s consistent for it to protect unborn life as well. If we accept that an unborn child is a developing human being, then defending that life isn’t about controlling women’s choices; it’s about ensuring that the most vulnerable are given the same right to live as everyone else.
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I think that the government should never be allowed to put a physical law on what any person can and cannot do with their bodies, and more things should be considered besides rape or incest like if carrying the pregnancy to term could either kill the mother or fetus, it should never be outlawed, because it can be a form of self care, or life saving in some cases. If someone's abusing the system, action should be taken, and see what's going on, but it should never be outlawed
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Getting an abortion requires a lot of context behind it. If the baby is almost fully developed, it's pointless to get one. If the baby isn't very developed yet, and the mother or both parents aren't ready to have a kid yet, I think it's okay. Many other things could've happen too. The mother could've been raped. The mother or both parents don't have enough money to take care of a child yet. This argument has many ways to be justified or unjustified.
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