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> > Not good, but people should be able to do it
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> This is something I always had a problem with. I've gone from one side to the other and back again. The people who argue that abortions are immoral because it's a taking of a life but abortions are okay if the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest are, in my opinion, hypocritical. When did a child conceived by rape or by incest stop being a viable human being?
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> I believe that when sperm meets egg, a human life is going to occur. If it was a rape, if it was incest, then so be it. It is still a human being. Yes, it can't survive on it's own (viable) yet. But it will become someone.
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> Our laws say it is wrong to kill someone. Why is it different here?
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> The pro-choice position says that it's the woman's right to choose -- but choose what? To be able to terminate a life growing in them? I am against a government trying to limit a woman's (and a man's and a child's) rights -- but our society says that ending someone's life is wrong.

Here's some clarification on my view of abortion.

I feel that every possible alternative to abortion ought to be considered before one makes a decision. I think people ought to be taught about these alternatives. I feel that in almost every case (except when it endangers the mother's/child's life) there's a better alternative to abortion. But not everybody sees it that way. And if you were to create a law saying nobody can have an abortion, that would only result in illegal abortions, or women trying to give themselves abortions, or people having babies and not knowing what to do with them. So you give people the freedom to have an abortion, but take every opportunity you can to educate people about why doing such a thing could be prevented somehow.

On a completely unrelated topic, this is about how I feel about the legalization of drugs. Obviously the laws we have in place do nothing, as there are millions of people out there doing drugs. I think if we just legalized them, things wouldn't be as bad. And I don't really have enough time to explain all my arguments about this, so if anybody disagrees, just say your view and I'll respond later.

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