Morality is an evolutionary concept. Religion did not establish it. I think religion has done more bad than good. I'm an atheist, personally. However, I have no problem with religious people as long as they don't try to force their religion onto other people.
For those using the slippery slope argument, many places have legalized abortion for decades, and we don't all kill babies for fun or have abortions on a whim. But it does cause a higher ratio of babies born to stable homes and less teen parents.
I think one thing that people keep forgetting about isn't abortion altogether but the EDUCATION OF SEX.
We want to "protect" our children, "protect" our society from talking about the birds and the bees and parents get uncomfortable talking about any sex AT ALL. But the thing is, we need to talk about protection, we have to talk about birth control, we have to talk about the consequences of having sex. TEENS ARE GOING TO HAVE SEX. PERIOD. There's NO WAY AROUND IT. Your body is literally hormonally WIRED to have as much sex as humanly possible. Every single conceivable brain cell is subconsciously focused on trying to release those hormones and emotions - puberty is literally niagra falls gushing through your bloodstream.
If you are one of those save yourself until marriage type of people, awesome! That's great for you. I definitely don't want to step on your toes and I think you've made noble choice. But you're definitely in the minority, and you're definitely missing out. Sex is awesome! It's great! It's one of the greatest feats of all human kind. We were made to have sex. Seriously. But when we don't educate the majority in what sex is, in the consequences that sex brings, and how to SAFELY have sex, it disconnects the action and the consequences.
I do believe in pro-choice, I do believe that there is nothing more life altering than having children being dependent on your every move. And I do believe that there are some people who are flat out not ready, or never will be ready. I believe that there are many circumstances that make this situation not black and white as people want to believe it is. It's not murder - scientifically speaking life does NOT begin at conception. Every sperm is NOT sacred. In all honesty there is not much biologically different in a seven week old fetus and a tumor.
Do I believe that abortion should not be taken lightly. Of course! This is a decision that you need to sit down and do some serious soul searching on. But these situations, teen pregnancy, unwanted pregnancies, would be drastically different if we educated ourselves in sex of every kind. The culture of sex. Learn about it! Do it! And then teach others!
And to me it is presumptuous for someone to think that they know what is best for the future of that person. It is extremely pretentious for someone to come in and tell a woman that no matter what they have to have a baby - despite their status, their age, their demographic. It is the choice of the woman - it is their body, it is their life that you're casually berating with legislation that is not fully researched and was written without full consideration to the lives that they are affecting.
It should be 100% legal. Just another case of people sticking their noses in someone elses business trying to dictate how people live, and someone using the religion card. Hilarious really.
Keep that unborn baby you don't want because of a fictional character someone else has pledged their life too, of course! Makes perfect sense ;-)
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