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Originally Posted by somerfrost
Brian,
I don't have any desire to control anyone and I think it's overly simplistic to characterize folks that way...if a person believes that life begins before birth then how can they support abortion? In their eyes...your position is the one that's controlling in that you wish the ultimate control...ie: whether someone lives or dies! This is an issue driven by belief, and denying the validity of another's beliefs is what causes most of the world's problems. And please, don't fall into the pathetic trap of using each side's "buzz words"...it's not a matter of being "pro-choice" or "pro-life", it's a matter of being pro or anti abortion!
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See, I understand that people think life starts at different points.Some people actually believe life starts very early in the process,or they believe that they need to follow their religion (that tells them life begins very early on.)That's your belief .Follow your beliefs with your body,or your wife's body etc. To me,it's an incredible leap to extend that belief into making law forcing others to follow your personal belief on the subject.I see it as an incredible intrusion,and for the most part,it's simply people imposing their religious fews on those who don't share their religion at all.None of us wants anybody to go through pain.If there is a nervous system developed enough "to feel" anything at all,then I can see forcing somebody(by law) to carry on with that pregnancy.If you can justify something by protecting somebody from pain,then fine,but this is mainly about things like "soul" ...."sacred" ...."my beliefs"...etc.,and none of that is based on facts.It's all personal belief stuff,and that needs to be kept from being imposed on those who don't agree with you.You may feel it,but it's not a good enough reason for you to be able to impose it.