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Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan
I think anyone who makes abortion a primary voting issue of theirs has an exreme misunderstanding of what the most important issues facing the US are. I'm no fan of abortion as a personal stance, but I don't think I have any business telling someone else what they can and can't do. We have to stop legislating morality and start voting on issues that matter to everyone.
I don't think abortion, given its state in this country, should ever be a primary voting issue.
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Another great post Dis--sums up the issue perfectly, IMO.
It often surprises people to know that I as a "pro-choice" person am not therefore "pro-abortion." In fact, my wife and I both agree that for us, abortion would not be an option, even in the event of a very inconveniently timed pregnancy--it just wouldn't sit right with us. However, we also recognize that it's a thorny issue, and one where people look for truth in different places, be it religion, science, ethics, etc. And it's a place where we have to trust in the ability of people to make their own moral judgments--and individual morality is the last place government should be sticking its nose into. A government that legislates personal morality is a dictatorship--part of democracy is embracing choice even on difficult questions.
I don't want to get into the abortion debate full bore--seems to me we've all been over it a few times anyway. But in my view the only wrong answer on the abortion issue is any answer that pretends it's a simple problem with an easy solution. It's not--like life it takes place on a messy middle ground where we each have to decide for ourselves what our moral standpoint really is.