This has been a very frustrating thread to read. The abortion debate is not about the sanctity of life. The same asshats that crow about wanting to protect the unborn child are the same ones who go out of their way to make sure society doesn't provide for those who need help the most. The abortion debate is bull####. Plain and simple. All the posturing and garbage presented in this thread is just that, garbage. This is an issue of influence and control, Nothing more.
This issue is framed one way, about protecting life, but it is actually about passing moral judgement and forcing others to live by the standard of a select few, NOT the individual. This is about taking YOUR morality and FORCING it on others. Frankly, I don't give a #### about your morals or your beliefs. Do what you want to do, make your choices, and leave EVERYONE else the hell alone!!! I don't care if you think abortion is murder. It is none of your business what someone else does with their body or what choices they make affecting their life. Unless you are going to step up and personally pay for all of the medical bills, help the mother deal with the psychologically damage from the process of carrying an unwanted child to term, and will immediately adopt the unborn child, then STFU about it and mind your own damn business!!! It's hilarious to have someone claim they are a hardcore libertarian, then say they are in support of restricting the control of someone's free will because of a moral dilemma. That is just the height of hypocrisy.
The abortion issue will only directly affect you when you least want it to, and only then will you have the proper insight into the seriousness of the decision women have to make. It is a terrible decision, one they must wrestle with, but it is their decision to make. They have the right to that choice, just like men have the right to run away from an unwanted pregnancy and not provide the support to the mother and child. The only ones who should ultimately be framing this debate and making the ultimate decision on it are women, as they are the ones who have to deal with the outcome of pregnancy.
