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Originally Posted by GirlySports
New Era makes a great point above, it's about control.
The pro-life argument is a religious one but should not be a conservative one. The fact the religion and conservatism are in bed with each other is a problem. I'm conservative and this has never made sense to me.
Conservatives support private medicine but dont support an private abortion clinic which would profit. They dont want government involved in paying for kids but ban abortion so they there are more kids for the government to care for. Conservatives want the mom to be responsible for the actions but if the mom abandons the child or commits suicide then conservatives just shrug.
Conservatives should not be involved, period.
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To some it may be about control.
To many of old white men pushing through the legislation it may be about control.
But if pro-choicers have created a pedestal to sit on because they think anyone who is pro-life JUST wants to control the woman, or her right to personal choice, then I'm sorry, they are solely mistaken.
You can't possibly sit there and reduce ALL pro-life arguments to just wanting to take choice and freedom away from the woman.
Its troubling, really because in terms of our freedom and liberty afforded to us under the constitution, the right to life is inherently more important, and that argument is simply being ignored because somehow in this whole mess, freedom, and personal choice have become more important than the right to live, or even humanity in general.
If you believe that if abortion is restricted to 24 weeks then in no time flat it'll be moved to 18 weeks, 12 weeks, or 6 weeks, fine. That is your right, and there is good evidence to suggest that restricting it at all is not really the solution to lowering abortion rates overall. But don't simply ignore the argument because you think everything is about control. It can't possibly JUST be about control considering how much of the pro-life movement is made up of women.