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Old 02-07-2008, 12:37 PM   #7
piercehawkeye45
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Originally Posted by aimeecc View Post
Following the logic trail... A life is a life, and 1/3 of pregnancies result in miscarriages. But what was the cause of miscarriage? Due to mother's negligence? Or other? Mostly, other. Therefore, no criminal charges.
I said that to make a point but I am going to defend it the other way.

Most miscarriages happen because there is risk to the mother or the baby itself so the body will naturally abort the baby to avoid complications. You can make the argument that most abortions happen because the baby is an economic, mental, and physical risk to the woman and to prevent the consequences that come with that, abortion should be legal.

If you stick with the "a life is a life" argument, you have to consider miscarriages and you can not just hide behind the excuse of "accidental death" because the body purposely aborts it. Since the body will purposely abort the baby if it will cause physical harm to the mother, it is reasonable to abort the baby if it will cause economic or mental harm to the mother. In my opinion, to put one ahead of the other is very ignorant and hypocritical. To regulate whether a baby will actually cause harm to a mother is inefficient and a very big violation of privacy, so we would have to make all abortions legal.
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