okay, personal feelings on the whole reproductive rights thing.
First, in the case of the life of the mother or rape or incest, it should always be okay to abort. If a mother will not survive the birth, then I don't see the purpose in possibly having two deaths on your hands when she tries to give birth, and I also would not ask a person to carry a child to term when it was due to rape.
Now, the tricky bit comes when you try to define "contraceptive failure". What defines failure? Failure to use, failure of the contraceptive, what?
Mind you, I do not like the idea of people using abortion as a method of contraception, but I cannot in good concience stand in the way of someone getting one... especially if that contraceptive failure was due to no fault of their own (even someone who's on several forms of contraceptives has a minor chance of getting pregnant). And I firmly believe in being able to use the morning after pill.
Quite honestly, while I wouldn't do it myself unless put in a position where I had to (face it, at this point in my life while a child might put a crimp in my lifestyle, I could afford to have the kid. The only thing that might make me think otherwise were if whatever meds I'm currently on would be guaranteed to produce a child who wouldn't live long or who would have horrible nasty health problems for life as a result of those meds), I think I would never even try to stop someone in the first trimester from having an abortion. I personally believe that until that kid is of an age that it is viable outside the womb, I don't consider it to be a problem. However, once that kid is more than halfway through "cooking", you have a possibility that the kid could survive outside the womb, and in that case, I honestly think that they need to finish and carry the kid to term.
The problem is, most people see it as either black or white. Either you allow abortion or you don't, because if you allow abortion only in certain cases, you have the slippery slope thing. Personally, if I had to make a choice between allowing all abortions or not allowing them at all, I'd allow them, albeit reluctantly in the latter half of pregnancy.
I can kind of see the point she's making (without actually looking at the original), but at the same time, there's that "black and white" issue dealing with it that just throws things all up in the air.
I'm not sure if I'm making sense today, so let me know. ;)
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First, in the case of the life of the mother or rape or incest, it should always be okay to abort. If a mother will not survive the birth, then I don't see the purpose in possibly having two deaths on your hands when she tries to give birth, and I also would not ask a person to carry a child to term when it was due to rape.
Now, the tricky bit comes when you try to define "contraceptive failure". What defines failure? Failure to use, failure of the contraceptive, what?
Mind you, I do not like the idea of people using abortion as a method of contraception, but I cannot in good concience stand in the way of someone getting one... especially if that contraceptive failure was due to no fault of their own (even someone who's on several forms of contraceptives has a minor chance of getting pregnant). And I firmly believe in being able to use the morning after pill.
Quite honestly, while I wouldn't do it myself unless put in a position where I had to (face it, at this point in my life while a child might put a crimp in my lifestyle, I could afford to have the kid. The only thing that might make me think otherwise were if whatever meds I'm currently on would be guaranteed to produce a child who wouldn't live long or who would have horrible nasty health problems for life as a result of those meds), I think I would never even try to stop someone in the first trimester from having an abortion. I personally believe that until that kid is of an age that it is viable outside the womb, I don't consider it to be a problem. However, once that kid is more than halfway through "cooking", you have a possibility that the kid could survive outside the womb, and in that case, I honestly think that they need to finish and carry the kid to term.
The problem is, most people see it as either black or white. Either you allow abortion or you don't, because if you allow abortion only in certain cases, you have the slippery slope thing. Personally, if I had to make a choice between allowing all abortions or not allowing them at all, I'd allow them, albeit reluctantly in the latter half of pregnancy.
I can kind of see the point she's making (without actually looking at the original), but at the same time, there's that "black and white" issue dealing with it that just throws things all up in the air.
I'm not sure if I'm making sense today, so let me know. ;)