It is precisely my age and life experience that leads me to firmly believe that we should work to make abortion rare but that abortion should absolutely remain safe and legal.
If you disagree, I plead with you, I challenge you to, to please please give me an answer to the below questions...
28 states already have laws in the books that ban abortion. The moment that Roe v. Wade is overturned, abortion would instantly become illegal in those states. All I ask is that you for a moment consider the aftermath and tell me how you would deal with it.
Banning abortion would not get rid of it. So similarly, all banning abortions would do would be to create an underground black market where people get abortions from people with no medical training, and probably infected instruments. This is what it was like back in the 1960s. And the black market would be larger than ever. If you disagree, answer me this, just because drugs are illegal, does that mean no one uses drugs. Just because prostitution is illegal, is prostitution no longer around. Did prohibition work? Were we able to stop any o these things. No, we weren't.
And similarly, all banning abortion would would do is create a black market where those who want an abortion would still get them, but many more people die in the process. It would be a nightmare. How would you deal with all the botched surgeries, the women who get infections in the process, the women who died from poorly managed anesthesia, the women who die in the process?
Banning abortion would mean that rich people could get abortions freely since they can afford to fly to whereever abortions are legal and get them there, but poor people are forced to have a child they didn't want and can't afford to feed, or cloth.
Is that fair? If so, how do you justify that discrpency. If not, should we do a pregnancy test everytime a person gets on a plane, and if they are pregnant, verify that they are still pregnant when they return to prevent abortions being done overseas?
Is the man not just as responsible for the sexual act as the woman? Why should he get off scott free if a woman has an abortion? Or if the woman has an abortion, should the man get punished too, he was half the reason she got pregnant in the first place?
How do we punish people for getting abortions, do we charge women for murder? Do we charge the men? What should the punishment be? Should it be jail time, or should it be a fine?
Do we make an exception in the case of rape?
Would that not just lead some women to claim they were raped when they find out they're pregnant so they can get an abortion without going to jail for it. How do we deal with that? A lot of innocent men may go to jail being charged with a rape they didn't commit.
If the argument is that a fetus has the same rights as a baby, wouldn't it be hypocritical to say it's not okay to kill something living, but it's okay to kill it when it was the result of rape.
But if there is no exception for rape, why should an innocent woman be further punished, forced to carry a baby she never wanted for 9 months, a baby that probably constantly reminds her of the rape, a baby she may have no means to support or care for.
And if the raped girl is a teen, odds are, she will likely drop out of school (4 out of 5 women that have a child before they turn 18 never complete college). Her childhood will be abruptly cut short. Her life will probably be ruined even further than the rape already did. Is that fair?
Is it really better to force a baby out into the world, with parents that didn't want it, couldn't care for, love or provide for it, and would likely abuse or neglect it as a result?
There are already far more orphans than people willing to adopt them. Adoption isn't a feasible solution. So what would you do with all the babies abandoned by parents that don't want them?
If you honestly believe that abortion should be illegal, then yes, you absolutely should be able to address the above issues raised as a result. If you do not, that means that you need to give the issue and it's aftermath more thought. I am sorry if that sounds harsh, but it's the truth. If you want to open up pandora's box, you should be able to give me atleast your plan for dealing with the above concerns and issues that raises.
I think every person here can agree that abortion is a horrible thing and we should do what we can to reduce the number of abortions.
That's not the issue. The issue is, making abortion illegal would be far far more devastating than instead working hard to keep abortions rare, safe, and legal.
If you disagree with my position, if you are pro-life. All I ask is that you express your honest answer to the above issues and concerns raised.
I just want to learn what how a pro-life person would answer the problems and issues that said position raises.
Don't disagree with me just for the sake of disagreeing with me. If you want to disagree, I plead with you, please answer all of the above questions that I posed. Please tell me how you would address the aftermath. Please tell me how you think the law should work. That is all that I ask.
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