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Originally Posted by Ark2
What do you mean? In the eyes of the law, all reasons for abortion are acceptable. No one is arguing that abortion should only be permissible in certain extreme (and let's face it, rare) cases. The argument is whether unborn children/fetuses deserve any rights. According to the law, prior to a certain stage of development, they do not. That's it. So, if you agree with current abortion laws, then a pregnant woman aborting an unborn child/fetus that was conceived by rape is no more or less valid than a woman aborting an unborn child/fetus because she doesn't like its gender or no more or less valid than a woman choosing to smoke and drink while she is pregnant. It's her body, therefore, it is her choice.
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I have no experience in abortions, and I'm not an expert by any means but I find it hard to believe that under current laws, "wrong gender" would be a valid reason to have an abortion.
Is there a checkbox that one must fill out, and is "wrong gender" listed as one of the reasons for an abortion?
I do believe that doctors are typically unable to find the gender of a child before 12 weeks, and it's commonly done at the 16-20 week mark which I'm sure is beyond the legal time frame for an abortion. Which makes the whole "gender vs. disability" debate useless.
Regardless of those details, there is again no rule saying that "if you are pro-choice, you must accept and believe in all current abortion laws." That's absolutely false. You can be pro-choice and be accepting of abortions under certain circumstance, but that doesn't mean you have to approve of every reason to get an abortion.
It's not an all-or-nothing belief system.