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it led to the view of many that abortion was victimless and it became as vogue as doing a facelift.

I expect you back up that rhetoric with facts.  Actually, I expect you to keep such discussion within the realm of fact and not resort to this kind of rhetoric at all.

A woman has all the control when it comes to reproduction.

That will only be true when rape, incest, abuse, access to reliable and safe education and health services, and the last vestiges of social pressure for women to be dependent on and submissive to men all disappear.  We do not live in such a world yet.

So what right does a woman lose? She loses the right to treat life as an inanimate toy.

A woman who has carried a child for months cannot be under the assumption that that child is 1)inanimate or 2)a toy.  Unless they are genuinely mentally ill.  No, what the woman loses is the right to make serious medical decisions, which will greatly effect her physical, mental, financial health herself with the advice of her family and healthcare providers.  And she loses dignity when a stranger in Washington decides he is more capable of making that personal decision than she is.  Esp. when the decision of the stranger is based on personal religious belief, which should not be legislated, and not a careful weighing of the common good against individual rights, which is the ultimate task of our legislators.  

We are all entitled to our personal beliefs.  But don't mistake your preferences and sentiments and experiences for being representative of that of all or the majority of the population.  


"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Thu Aug 23rd, 2007 at 12:35:29 PM EST
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Should be "lack of access" of course...

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
by poemless on Thu Aug 23rd, 2007 at 12:39:57 PM EST
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as soon as I learn how to put links on this I can provide substantive facts.
by BJ Lange (langebj@gmail.com) on Thu Aug 23rd, 2007 at 02:31:02 PM EST
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by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sat Aug 25th, 2007 at 01:38:00 PM EST
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