[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

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.

Scuds,
I agree...I don't think banning abortion is the way to deal with the issue; you are correct that it is largely a matter of belief (although there are issues regarding sociological aspects as I mentioned). But I do believe that it is everyone's responsibility to speak out regarding their individual beliefs. in the end, each of us must follow what we believe is the correct path...and each of us remain responsible for our acts. I do believe that it is unfortunate that the government (in this case the Supreme Court) "legalized" abortion...my belief is that decriminalizing rather than legalizing would have been the appropriate path...unfortunately that horse has long since ran away and there is no use to close the barn door via law.