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Xipe Totec

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1. Given the way the question is posed, the answer is obviously yes.

Reply to FarLeftFist (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 11:48 PM

May 2012

Is abortion ever the MORE ethical choice over giving birth? Of course it is.

But that's not really the issue, is it?

The question is who is in the best moral position to make that call? The mother, or some clueless bastard who has no skin in the game.

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Is abortion ever the MORE ethical choice over giving birth? [View all] FarLeftFist May 2012 OP

Given the way the question is posed, the answer is obviously yes. Xipe Totec May 2012 #1

I think it's terrible Politicalboi May 2012 #2

I am a man. I do not pretend to know. jberryhill May 2012 #3

You have phrased it the way I believe it should be phrased by men. CTyankee May 2012 #13

I am a man and all it takes is to talk to a few women who have had abortions, to understand. RC May 2012 #23

Doug Stanhope thinks so. joshcryer May 2012 #4

And what about anacephletic fetuses? burrowowl May 2012 #5

Yes, LadyHawkAZ May 2012 #6

I don't think it's the right choice 100 percent of the time RZM May 2012 #8

The point is that women are moral agents. I have known only one woman who has CTyankee May 2012 #14

That is very sad RZM May 2012 #16

I think it is interesting, tho, that our side is called "pro-choice." It is not CTyankee May 2012 #24

Of course. Same goes for giving birth. uppityperson May 2012 #15

+1 nt TBF May 2012 #19

That's pretty much understood RZM May 2012 #25

FORCING anyone to give birth -- or to NOT to give birth rocktivity May 2012 #7

sometimes yes, sometimes no, but the choice should always be available. dionysus May 2012 #9

I don't waste time worrying about whether OTHER INDIVIDUAL's choices BlueIris May 2012 #10

My stars of course! LASlibinSC May 2012 #11

Yes Kath1 May 2012 #12

How about when God/nature makes the call? Live and Learn May 2012 #17

Oh that reminds me of one of Carlin's routines Kalidurga May 2012 #18

Read 'Freakanomics' DiverDave May 2012 #20

That question cannot be answered by anyone but MineralMan May 2012 #21

Is it ethical to force one's ethical standards on a woman's right to choose? lunatica May 2012 #22

I used to be pro-choce...... musical_soul May 2012 #26

well, consider this... ldf May 2012 #28

As George Carlin said.... musical_soul May 2012 #31

You can't have and abortion if "the baby is already born", that is called murder uppityperson May 2012 #30

If the woman's life is in danger.... musical_soul May 2012 #33

So you don't think early abortions should be allowed unless the woman's life were in danger? uppityperson May 2012 #34

Yes. Iggo May 2012 #27

Of course ismnotwasm May 2012 #29

Any question of "ethics", "morality", etc, should be left entirely to the woman. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2012 #32