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Kablooie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-28-07 02:29 PM
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Why doesn't anyone ever discuss abortion in terms of what it's REALLY about?
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It has nothing to do with the rights of the unborn child.
That's just a smokescreen to make the argument sound somewhat reasonable.

It is simply about discouraging women from having sex outside of marriage.

If a woman has a child out of wedlock that she doesn't want, it is considered punishment for her sin.
Contraception and abortion are considered evil because they neutralize the punishment for the sin of "illicit" sex.

Arguing that the life of the mother will be ruined ENCOURAGES support for anti-abortion laws
since this is the whole point in the first place.

The life of the child is completely beside the point and has no bearing on the real issue.
Many people consider "bastards" to be low class humans whose life has little value anyway.

(Kind of strange that anti-abortion Christians are fighting hard to increase the number of 'bastards' in the population.)

Why don't I ever hear people discussing things in this light instead of in terms that the anti-abortionists define?




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