Opinion on contraception / abortion (user search)
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Question: What's closest?
#1
Against contraceptives (condoms, the pill)
 
#2
For contraceptives, against morning after pill
 
#3
For morning after pill, against any form of abortion
 
#4
For abortion in case of rape or to save life of mother
 
#5
For unrestricted abortion in the first trimester
 
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Partisan results

Total Voters: 27

Author Topic: Opinion on contraception / abortion  (Read 2326 times)
Emsworth
Junior Chimp
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« on: June 11, 2005, 07:20:20 PM »

Choose what you think should be legal, not what you personally feel is right.
I note that you have excluded abortion past the first trimester from the list of options.
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Emsworth
Junior Chimp
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« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2005, 07:37:28 PM »

Yes, I know more options could have been added. Obviously you'd vote option 5 in that case. Option 5 is neutral on later abortions.
Yes, I have done so.

Regardless of how I personally feel about the morality of abortions, I think that there are no legal grounds for restricting abortion in the first trimester, and possibly later. The issue of whether a fetus is living is not germane to the legality of abortion; what matters is whether the fetus is a "person" with rights. In particular, the common law certainly holds that personhood does not begin at the moment of conception. Legally, therefore, I do not believe that a fetus qualifies as a person, certainly during the early stages of pregnancy, and perhaps even later.
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