: Knowing all that, can someone explain how any parent or abortion doctor can possibly take part in the murder of a baby (abortion) and still have a clean conscious? : --
: McSpotlight: another hot topic; both sides, do your best to be civil about it.
: (can't help wondering if there are any anti-abortion people in favour of the death penalty...)
Civil I can handle. Narrow mindedness well....
Well murder is less appropriate a word for abortion than it is for meat eating or using animal tested products among other things, considering the fact that these involve the killing and torture of beings with fully developed nervous systems unlike abortion. And Unless you are vegan and living off the land you haven't got a leg to stand on in a pro-life sense. And seeing as you have access to a computer it is safe to assume you are a 'murdurer' too! So you should be able to tell us how's your conscience? As clear as mine I'd guess.
Sure we could walk to work and the store like people did before there were cars and sure we know that many animals died to make these roads we drive on, etc. etc. etc. But we do it any way. Could you starve your own dog? No? well then how could you participate in the starving of other animals? It's a gift we humans have.
There is no way to explain someone elses circumstances and choices in a comprehensive way if you have already decided not to comprehend. Luckily abortion is legal and no one elses business but the individuals otherwise we'd be back to the days of back alleys and coat hangers.
How to explain abortion to you....How to explain you eating hamburger to a hindu.....how to explain homosexuality to a homophobe....and so on...why bother if you've set your mind.
As for unwanted pregnancies being given up for adoption, several of my friends have faced this option. One could not part with the fetus after carrying it for so long, kept it, ended up living in a car with her and a psyco boyfriend among other wonderful things. one couple signed the papers and are still torn by regret and confusion and parted ways. One couple ended up tossing the kid between them and the fathers parents and continue to. Then there are those who had the abortions, went on to college, great jobs, marriage, etc and later had children in better environments, and those who may yet.
No you don't walk into the clinic happy as a clam and leave off into the sunset. It is a very difficult decision and one that is painfully made. And it is something one lives with forever. But it is a CHOICE made by an individual. Who speaks for the unborn fetus? Who speaks for the hunted deer? Did house pets ask to be fixed? What about their unborn? Choice for the petowners. and so on
