The real problem that I have with this issue is when the State is involved. The State is not an instrument of social progress and it's not the beacon of moral standing for the citizenry. We should not have many laws against abortion, although I think there should be some. Partial birth abortion is heinous and if we allow that, than we should at least make the doctor strangle the baby with its own birth cord. To me, it's murder and it should be treated as murder instead of some sancrosanct medical operation.
People shouldn't get abortions because the culture that they live in has the fabric and institutions to support young mothers and because they have the correct moral standing to make the proper decisions for themselves.
Most women who abort are either naive of morality, looking out for themselves or are entirely bereft of what we might call social capital or in a more philosophical sense, proper friendship.
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