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sjfcontrol wrote:Hmm, so passing laws against an activity, won't stop that activity. And therefore we shouldn't have those laws? How does that not apply to ANY law. Also, when quoting the "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" part of the Declaration of Independence (not the constitution), please note that the FIRST item in the list is "Life". Without life, the other two "unalienable rights" are irrelevant.

Yes you are correct it is in the declaration. It was late when I wrote it. I should have read through it more carefully before I submitted it. You don't like my opinion so you twist what I say. What I said was pass a law against it, then you will push the practice underground where more than 1 life will be at jeopardy. I'm not saying this is an easy issue to decide. As I see it both sides jeopardize a life.

Correction: Constitution..."Secure the blessings of liberty"

Unfortunately, if anyone believes making abortion illegal will stop them, then your are mistaken. Those that are most commonly in need of an abortion are teens and they will find an alternative solution and it will likely be dangerous. A teen girl would be easily hoodwinked by someone in a white coat using a storage unit as an surgical room. Maybe you're thinking this isn't the 1950's and we are past that type of backroom surgery but that very thing is happening today with plastic surgery. I've heard many parents say, "I know my child and my child wouldn't do that" but yet they seem dumbfounded when their child overdoses on drugs or ends up in jail. Good communication with a child doesn't guarantee that he or she will always go to the parent when in trouble. Teens do not think rationally in a crisis nor do they think about consequences. If I were a parent I'd want my daughter to have access to proper medical care. Anything less may result in 2 lives lost. I don't agree with abortion there are alternatives far better for the baby and better for the mother. There are many great parents in the making longing for a child. The constitution states life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Liberty isn't only granted when one's decision is reasonable. I don't want anyone making decisions about what I do with my body especially when the one making them doesn't know the road I traveled. The unborn is part of the mother's body. Additionally, the argument that society is at a disadvantage because we did not benefit from the accomplishments of these children is hogwash to me. These same children may have been burden to society. I choose to believe they had the potential to be great contributors but the truth is no one will ever know. Is it sad? Absolutely.