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Originally posted by mika
Choice -> To fuck or not to fuck
Decision: To fuck
Choice -> To use birth control or no?
Decision: No
Choice -> Abortion or to give birth
Decision: Abortion
Seems to me, Amp, that we are not taking freedom of choice away from anyone. They have 3 choices here, only with the 2 leading to the last one.
Seems like everyone wants to respect the 3rd choice only and like it didn't matter at all what the person chose in 2 of her/his previous choices
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true enough.... but you see, the first two don't require medical expertise to accomplish. The third one kinda does. Hence the big issue. However, if we take this to extremes for a moment... let's suppose instead of talking about taking away choice #3, we were talking about taking away choice #1.
Obviously it's ridiculous to think for even a moment that there's some way to legislate fucking out of the equation.
So let's move on to eliminating choice #2. Equally as difficult to somehow force the world to use birth control. Would be interested in seeing the enforcement plan for that one.
Which brings us right back to choice #3. The only one they really have any control over at all, since it's something that isn't done in the heat of passion like the previous two, but rather, at a doctors office. Now.... looking at it in a clear honest light, we can probably safely assume that if they DID remove the choice option from the table and closed all the clinics that quite a few would not be going through with the procedure. However, I think we can also safely assume that it would do nothing in terms of detering vast numbers of people from performing the procedure THEMSELVES.
Yes... in basements, garages, backs of pickup trucks, nice well-to-do homes and trailer parks alike.
So all that
really accomplishes is a big trophy for the protesters to put on their shelf, and alot more loss of life because proper medical attention would no longer be available to those people who STILL CHOOSE to excersize their right to do with their body as they see fit. Regardless of their reasons.
Banning abortion isn't going to stop people from performing abortions. On themselves if necessary, and probably with coat hangers. It would only increase death.
You can't legislate people's will. No matter how many arguments you may have supporting it. It can't be done.