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Originally Posted by alltherage
This is where the disagreement is. You believe the fetus/baby has no rights. Pro-lifers believe the fetus/baby is human with rights.
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Fetuses already have rights, they just have to make it to the world. That is why if your wife is pregnant you always drive her around. If she drives and gets in the accident the fetus cannot sue her for the damages caused by the accident, but it can sue the dad and then you get insurance money to help cope with the costs of raising a disabled child. This advice has proven somewhat problematic to my buddies who think they have a designated driver for 9 months, but we must always think of the children.
As for the fact that people do not know the law, meh, most people do not know the laws of the country. Harper has the ability to ram through some abortion laws if he wanted to touch the issue, with the support of the socially conservative members of the Liberal caucus and a few NDP MP's. He has failed to do so, thus indicating that the issue is not a high priority at this time for the government.
If the argument is that you should not have abortions because a fetus is a human life, then there should be no exceptions. I am not sure why a human life caused by rape or incest is any less valuable than a life born out of a one night stand. If you make any form of abortion absolutely illegal, then all forms should be, in the interest of logical continuity. I have a hard time understanding how any pro-lifer can make an exception for the girl who was brutally gang raped and has a human life in her, but feels it should be mandated that a girl who consistently goes out and has one night stands and one slipped past the goalie should be forced to have the child.
I also agree with mykAlberta, there should be no timelines. If it is a human life at conception, why would there be a law that states that you can kill up to a certain point. It should be a black and white issue for anti-abortionists.