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Originally Posted by ODB4LYFE
so the fact that the baby can survive outside the womb and can feel pain during this procedure doesnt bother you at all?
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It absolutely bothers me - but the salient part of this statement is that it bothers ME, whereas it is SOMEONE ELSE making the decision to have the abortion. As such, my disgust, revulsion, whatever has zero bearing on the argument at hand.
Of course, then someone will come in and say, 'But the baby can't decide for himself or herself.'
To which I would agree with you, but until that baby is born and the cord has been cut, it's existence is intertwined with the mother's in such a way that any decisions that need to be made for the baby fall smack dab in the mother's court and are about 500 million miles away from the hand of govt. Once that child is born though, the cord is cut, and they're a seperate entity, only then do they assume the full rights accorded to 'individuals' within our society. Everything up until that point is too fuzzy to defer to anyone other than the mother.