I believe in the right to choose. I've never had an abortion and most likely never would but I believe it's a woman's right to choose whether or not she wishes to bring a baby to term for whatever reason. I would prefer that the woman gave the child up for adoption but, for some it's just not an option.
Aztec, I agree, in fact until kids are able to take care of themselves I think mothers and fathers should have the right to kill them.
What proof do I have that abortion is used as birth control...because these women aren't being refered to the clinic for a life threatening condition...they're going because the pregnancy is "inconvienient" or the sperm donor walked away...they're not "ready" to be pregnant yet...they don't have enough time...they don't have enough money...I forgot to take my pill...the rubber broke...etc etc etc ad nauseum. That, aztec, is birth control, plain and simple...and it's men and women being completely irresponsible about procreation...it's the further victimization of women by men who feel free to walk away because abortion is available and cheap...and the victimization by the abortion clinics that offer no followup counseling...I've talked to more than a few women now in the pro-life arena...who had earlier aborted and been offered no counseling or support by the clinic or anyone else for the emotional havoc that almost always follows an abortion.
The mating of a male and female of the human species can only produce another human. From the moment the two strands of DNA combine there is a seperate distinct human life there...the right to choose for both men and women...is BEFORE this occurs...after it occurs...it's not a choice...it's a life, a human life...so...if it's ok for a woman to "choose" to kill her baby while in the womb...why not extend that "choice" to outside the womb.
Buster,
You ask.
Now the question: Would you feel that someone who felt compelled to stop the immediate murder of these innocent little sub-one-yr-olds would be justified in using any manner necessary?
Let me turn the tables on you...why isn't it ok to kill a baby after it's been born since it's ok to kill one before it's been born?
Yes, I would feel that in a society that legally allowed the murder of babies it would be wrong to kill to stop this from happening. But I would lay down MY life to stop it from happening.
You try to paint us pro-lifers as a bunch of radicals...we're not...we don't condone what Hill did...your straw man has been burned to a crisp.
Why is it you feel a woman has a right to kill the baby that's inside her, but not the one outside her?