Ok, so I'm all for abortion being legal and far from being a Puritan, but the first example is crazy. We have a woman who gets pregnant in her teens, gets married and has a baby. And then she cheats on her husband with another guy still without using any protection, and, surprise!, gets pregnant again. Am I supposed to feel bad because she has a hard time getting an abortion? At what point do you draw the line and require a modicum of responsibility from people?
I still think as a matter of principle she should have a choice, but there should also be something in place to avoid the use of abortion in place of contraception.
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Ok, so I'm all for abortion being legal and far from being a Puritan, but the first example is crazy. We have a woman who gets pregnant in her teens, gets married and has a baby. And then she cheats on her husband with another guy still without using any protection, and, surprise!, gets pregnant again. Am I supposed to feel bad because she has a hard time getting an abortion? At what point do you draw the line and require a modicum of responsibility from people?
I still think as a matter of principle she should have a choice, but there should also be something in place to avoid the use of abortion in place of contraception.
Abortion is simply decreeing the ultimate punishment for another's behavior.