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@9G53LFTAgreementsStarted 3yrs agoActive 6mos ago

I'm conflicted

I agree but at the same time things can happen: rape, sexual abuse/assault, incest, not being able to even afford the child. These things happen and while in some cases abortion shouldn't be legal, in other cases it should not be. In some cases, why put yourself and the child through the pain and struggles then you both go through it? In others you're being selfish and irresponsible, you're taking the life of your child because of your mistakes. I honestly think abortion should be legal.

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  @Patriot-#1776Constitution from Washington  commented…3yrs3Y

Engaged Abortion

In cases of rape, sexual abuse/assault, incest, and unaffordability the child is just as human as he/she would otherwise have been. D-mn the circumstances, it's a human being, do not murder it.

 @9KTPRPNLibertarian from Missouri  disagreed…2yrs2Y

Children that are products of incest do not have a good quality of life. They have increased genetic disorders, fluctuating facial asymmetry, lower birth weight, and higher infant mortality and child mortality rates. Not to mention, 95-97% of children that were conceived because of incest report to being sexually abused as small children. I will and would always abort a child if I was raped by my father or brother. You have absolutely no say in what I do with my body, as a man.

 @Minarchist-08Libertarian from Washington  disagreed…2yrs2Y

So you're arguing that it's justified to kill people who do not have or will not have a good quality of life? Might as well gun down homeless people and people with physical or mental impairments. The implications are unthinkably horrible.

  @GloopdevIndependent from Massachusetts  disagreed…2yrs2Y

It is not your right to murder babies because you don't view their life as worthwile. I don't care if you don't want an ugly baby, ugly babies are human just as pretty ones. Eugenics is an affront to human dignity and those who support it should not be respected as participants in our political system. Even if they are sexually abused, you do not get to make the decision that their life is not worth living. We actually do have a say in your baby killing because we live in a society in which the rule of law protects the life of our citizens (or perhaps I should say it SHOULD do that). Your "freedom" is worthless and invalid if it means justifying a slaughter.

 @Raven-Thorn from Minnesota  commented…6mos6MO

Engaged Abortion

You do know that pregnancy is physically demanding of the mother? There irreversible medical conditions that happen due to pregnancy. Why would a compassionate human being ever subjugate a woman to such an ordeal if it wasn't her choice?

  @Lancia-Delta-S4  from Tennessee  disagreed…1yr1Y

“not being able to even afford the child.”

This is nowhere near as awful as r_pe, incest, and assault. You people act like adoption is impossible and difficult.

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