The abortion debate is a very intense and emotional one. People come up with a variety of reasons as to why it should or shouldn’t be illegal. Some use the bible as evidence, when there is no real passage in the bible against abortion, but use the “thou shalt not kill” marking the unborn fetus as a human life worth protection. Others say that while murder is wrong, an unborn child is not actually a child yet, as it can sustain life outside of the womb, and thus should not create an undue burden on the mother. Some feel that abortion is acceptable and necessary in the case of defects, health risks, and rape, while others feel abortion should never be permitted at all.
Personally, my stance on abortion is that abortion is an unnecessary option (for most women). Most people find this interesting that as an Atheist and someone who fights for people rights (women’s, children’s and LGBT rights…) that being against abortion would be counterproductive to my beliefs. The reality is however, that I fight for rights….and that includes the rights of innocent children, whether it is an unborn baby incapable of surviving on its own, the rights of women trapped in proverbial hell in the male dominated world of the middle east, or the rights of two men wishing to get married.
I am however not about to say that everything in life is black and white. There is a grey area in all aspects and that includes abortion. I believe that abortions should be regulated on a case by case basis. Medically necessary abortions are well plain and frank necessary. In my opinion, telling a women she should risk death, on the off chance that she and her baby *might* survive is ridiculous. I however have difficulty pinning down my position on rape and incest. This is something I have no experience with luckily, and I cannot even begin to tell a woman what she needs to do after being violated so horrifically. My mind and heart want to say, that even still it should be found morally wrong, because you are punishing the wrong being, but I cannot force myself to believe this in forcing a different punishment on someone already victimized.
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