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Originally Posted by fulham
Its a religious people who want to impose their religion vs everyone else thing.
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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
Actually it's just men trying to use religion to control women even know religion has nothing to do with abortion, in the end it means these religious men are just stupid ass~holes
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This is abject nonsense. If you are pro-choice, I would very much like to understand your position. Actually understanding the position of those that you disagree with tends to be a good strategy in life. A poor strategy, however, is using silly strawman arguments such as the above to define the pro-life position. In the hopes that you can understand your claim that restricting abortion is simply about men controlling women's bodies, I hope you will consider the following:
Imagine you are at a bar and you notice a visibly pregnant woman. Imagine that you know who this woman is, and that she has told you that she plans on giving birth to the baby that she is currently pregnant with. Now, imagine that you see her drinking excessive amounts of alcohol and smoking cigarettes. How does this make you feel? Do you think that since it is her body, it should be her choice to do so regardless of the effects that alcohol and tobacco will have on her unborn child? Personally, I do not. I don't believe that she should be allowed to consume such substances that would hurt her child. However, after she gives birth and is no longer pregnant, I couldn't care less how much she drinks or smokes. Frankly, if she wants to engage in more illicit drug use, I don't particularly care then either.
This is not about controlling women, it is about protecting the unborn.