Abortion: Your Views...

[Locke4God]

In a way I understand peoples need for a right to choose, but if you're going on the merit's of the arguement, and somebody says they believe that life begins at conception, then unfortunately that means that abortion is murder. And if you don't believe that life begins at conception, then where?

Mind you I'm not stauchly a right to lifer, and it's not a top issue for me, but if I had the pick a winning arguement, the Pro-Life arguement, is just a better sell.

Now I do propose a compromise. It's simple. Abortion is legal in the first tri-mester only, and only for severe deformities, rape, incest, and health hazards sufficient to provide significant risk to the mother's life. I think that's a pretty fair compromise, and one we could all settle for. Both sides give a little, and there it is.

[SOLDIER #819]

In a way I understand peoples need for a right to choose, but if you're going on the merit's of the arguement, and somebody says they believe that life begins at conception, then unfortunately that means that abortion is murder. And if you don't believe that life begins at conception, then where?

But is the basis with which they make the claim that "abortion equals murder" justified? Why do they believe this? If one is to claim something then the burden of proof should fall on them as well.

"The issue is when we can finally call a multicellular organism a human. Before that, it is merely potential. I would say that the brain would need to develop to some particular stage before you could label it as such. It's really a debate left up to science, but I am not under the impression that it begins at conception." That is how I view it.

Now I do propose a compromise. It's simple. Abortion is legal in the first tri-mester only, and only for severe deformities, rape, incest, and health hazards sufficient to provide significant risk to the mother's life. I think that's a pretty fair compromise, and one we could all settle for. Both sides give a little, and there it is.

While it is a compromise, I'm not sure it would satisfy either party. A person is not given the right to choose regardless of circumstance within the first trimester. At the same time, a person who supports the opposite stance would normally say that life is precious regardless of circumstances or deformity pertaining to the child. The only likely exception would be if the mother's life was in danger.