> I strongly believe that people should be able to do whatever they want to there own bodies (abortion, prostitution, drugs, no motorcycle helmets, etc.) as long as they don't endanger the lives of others while doing it. Its there choice. I can't compare capital punishment and abortion though. Cpital punishment equals murder, killing is wrong in all aspects. With abortion though its the mothers choice, and sense the baby is not yet born it can't make choises and has no legal protection.

Ah, yes, the mother's choice, doesn't that just tie it all up neatly for you. And the unborn can't make choises (sic) so therefor aren't deserving of protection. And prostitution, drugs, and things like that DO harm other people. Ask the person who's mother, father, or sibling is a drug addict, or the family who's had a loved one killed by a drunk driver. The innocent wife who's husband likes to frequent the local prostitute.... I could go on an on. The truth is, sin hurts society. Society has a right to protect itself. And now we're back to the death penalty...

By the way, my state just made it so that someone killing an unborn child (i.e. by killing it's mother) can be charged with not one but two murders. So, according to local sentiment, anyway, that life IS worth protecting, if it's been born yet or not.

Ti'Life begins a *long* time before birth.'cia