Financial Shakeup this weekend

[AMoore]

Wellardmac wrote:

It's a matter of principle that the government should not be telling people what they can and cannot do with their body. I think abortion is sad and should not be used for birth control, but you absolutely should not take away the right of a woman to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. Until you have walked a mile in the shoes of a pregnant woman you have no right to tell her how she should and should not feel. You have no right to tell her that she has to carry a baby to term that resulted from a rape, or is defective, or she simply is not physically able to carry to term.

You have no right to tell a woman that she has to carry a baby that she does not want. You have no right to tell her that she has to tolerate the total domination that pregnancy brings on her body. Some women choose (through their actions) to get pregnant when they did not intend. Some women have pregnancy thrust upon them. Some women are put in a position where the child that they want cannot be carried to term either because of it's health, or their own.

Actually, as Amercians, people do have a right to express their opinion regarding issues.

By the way, I have no strong opinion on this issue. I am not all knowing with respect to the issue of if and when a fetus should be afforded the inalienable rights, articulated by Locke, Jeffereson, etc., but I do find it interesting that whenever a pro choice opinion is expressed it invariably fails to address the rights of the unborn. Of course many pro choicers might believe that the unborn have no rights; however, it would make more sense to at least assert as much when addressing the issue. By the same token, pro lifers speak of the rights of the unborn without addressing the rights of the woman.

The most persuasive people are those who can support their position by attacking the position of their opposition. I never see this done as related to this issue.

I personally am not qualified to determine whether a fetus has rights, but I do know that if a pregnant woman is murdered and the fetus also dies, the assailant is charged with double murder.