[quote=AN][quote=jpinpb]Agreed. But they all have their stand on it and divide voters. If they are taking a position on it, I will make my decision based on it as well, as others will also. Good way to alienate and/or win votes.
But at this point, I honestly think they need to lay it to rest. We have universal healthcare. We have people w/money having medical surgery to enhance their body. Yet there are people still wanting to make it illegal for a woman to terminate a pregnancy, claiming there are no health issues that can arise to justify aborting. Beyond my comprehension.[/quote]
Maybe you should read the reason why he’s anti-abortion: http://www.ronpaul.com/on-the-issues/abortion/.
Let me start off by saying, before I have kids, I was 100% pro choice and can’t understand why anyone would be pro life. What opened my eyes was going to the very first ultrasound and hearing the heart beat after 8 weeks. I now understand why many people are pro life. Although I’m still pro choice when it come to situation where the mother’s life is in danger, I’m now leaning toward pro life for your average abortion. The reason people are pro life is because they want to be the voice for those babies who are being killed.
Do you know Planned Parenthood don’t let the mother see the ultrasound screen and they turn off the volume? I know a NP who works there and she said if they let them see the screen and hear the heart beat, many would probably back out. I know I did when I saw the first ultrasound and hear the 1st heart beat. I still support Roe v Wade, but only for cases where it would kill the mother if the abortion wasn’t done. Ron Paul’s point is, Life > Liberty, which is why he’s against Roe v Wade.
My questions to Navydoc is, how many tomb stones can you point to of mothers that died because they didn’t have an abortion vs how many tomb stones you can point to of babies who were aborted who would have grown up to be healthy adults?
I always find it funny that those who are pro choice tend to be anti death penalty and those who are pro life tend to be pro death penalty.[/quote]
Another TMI post, and more anecdotal stuff.
My mother had four abortions before I was born, way back before birth control and before legal abortions were available. She ended up with a staph infection after one of these procedures, which almost killed her.
Outlawing abortions does not stop abortions, it only pushes them underground where doctors are questionable (maybe…IF they are doctors in the first place), regulations are non-existent, and truly sanitary conditions are left wanting. So, while others want to protect the right of embryos and fetuses, I’ll protect the women who will end up going to back-alley clinics in search of these illegal abortions. Do we want our daughters to seek abortions at some questionable clinic in Mexico? Make them illegal, and that’s exactly what will happen.
The decision to get an abortion is never made lightly. It’s an extremely important and personal decision, and the government/politicians (and every other stranger) have absolutely no business trying to force their beliefs on people whose entire lives will be affected by these decisions.
I’m grateful that I was never in a position to have to make this decision, and I’ve felt the awe and pure love as I sobbed my way through those miraculous ultrasounds, so I understand the powerful, emotional reasons behind the Right to Life movement. Still my beliefs are mine, and I do not have the right to force my beliefs on people I do not know, and who will have to suffer the consequences that I will not have to suffer if my will is imposed upon them.
