If abortion is legal, how can women be prosecuted for endangering fetus by using cocaine ?
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Might you believe it is because they are all heretics?\n\nCome to Jesus.
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Really depends if you  consider an aborted baby a person on not.\n\nIf you consider an aborted baby a person then different rights should come into the question eg Father, state and child. The power of each of the rights depends on the majority views of the society\n\nIf you consider it to be like sperm then you can do whatever you want with it.
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I'm against abortion unless it's caused by a crime...
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Using illegal drugs regardless of your condition or sex is criminal. However, a more severe punishment should be imposed on a woman who would subject her baby to illegal drugs or alchohol.  \n\nSure, I would entertain the idea of institutionalizing the mother until the birth if she is using illegal drugs....after that, she should go to prison.  The problem is, who is going to pay for that?  That's right, the taxpayer.  Again, the taxpayer has to take responsibility for the stupid things people do.\n\nAccountability is the number one lacking quality amoung many Americans today.  The fact that we as a society tolerate stupidity and irresponsibilty, is enabling these morons to continue making poor desisions, having children, doing drugs...etc.\n\nUntil we hold people accountable and responsible for their actions, there is no real solution.\n\nGood luck and take care.
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hmm... well how about mothers smoking or drinking or taking  drugs when they're pregnant?  there was a pregnant woman in the bar the other night, and i don't think they should legally be allowed to serve or sell to her... and i think it should be illegal for someone who is unfit for parenting or already has too many kids and can't support them to have ANY MORE CHILDREN!!! it's ridiculous... and I think abusing the system (welfare) by not marrying or having more kids or not working should be illegal. they should def. investigate those things more!!
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Blingme - Her question was stated correctly. She is essentially trying to determine why states allow abortion if it is illegal to kill a human being. And if a state charges a murderer with two murders for murdering a pregnant woman, what is the exact definition of life. \n\n1) Either a baby is alive and the two murders is correct. In this case, abortion should be illegal; or,\n\n2) A baby is not alive and only one murder should be charged. In this case, abortion would be okay.\n\nShe is pointing out a convenient catch-22 in the abortion debate.\n\nEDIT: bree123 - I do not believe she is calling out the hypocrisy of the double homicide law. She is calling out the hypocrisy of abortion.\n\nAnd citing the ACLU does NOT make me put a lot of trust in your judgment. It is a little like me citing all the evidence the National Right to Life cites proving that life starts at conception. You aren't going to buy that. Any evidence cited should be from a) a disinterested party, or b) a source that gives BOTH sides of the argument - like my initial assessment of her statement above.\n\nSource(s): Debate 101.
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Abortion is not a crime. Its a woman's right.
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if you really want an educated answer to your question, look up information on what an abortion does to the woman.  they are not as safe as the industry would like you to believe.  the Alan Gutmacher institute did research on planed parenthood and have come to the conclusion that 91% of all women undergoing an abortion will have complications some of which are physical, psychological problems and even death.  if you were to stand in front of a firing squad of 10 guns... 9 of them are loaded one is empty... they give you a choice to point to one shooter... you choose the shooter not knowing which one of them has the empty gun.  would you want that kind of odds?  this is what abortion is doing.  not only is it killing an innocent baby, but it is also killing innocent women. The concent form that a women signs at an abortion clinic says that she knows that there is a possibility she could die from the procedure.  this relieving the clinic from any and all liabillities.  the faster they get the women on and off the table the more money the doctor makes.  also think about this ... a doctor day after day killing innocent babies.  do you really think that same doctor would have a concince about the life of the mother?  another thing i would like you to think about is no abortion is done before 6 weeks into the pregnancy... 18 days after conception the heart of that baby is beating and by 21 days there are measurable brainwaves.  most women don't even know they are pregnant by this point. I as a woman don't believe it should be legal any place.  it is a degrading thing for any woman to experience.... in the case of rape, do you punish the baby? it's not the baby's fault that the mother was raped if the mother can not handle raising that child there are lots of people out there waiting to be parents that would love to adopt that innocent child and raise it as if they were the natural parents to that child showering it with love.  your mother didn't choose an abortion and you are here....think about it!!!
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if they make cigarettes that cause cancer and harm fetuses do to mothers smoking while they are pregnant and that is legal than I really don't see the harm in legalizing pot. besides have you ever heard of somone getting cancer from pot?
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No.  The verses you mentioned are not talking about abortion.\n\nThey are talking about adultery and what would be done to a woman if her husband was jealous and thought she had cheated on him.\n\nThe husband and wife would go before the priest.  He would have water and dust from the tabernacle floor mixed together.  If she was innocent and had not done a crime...and the husband was just jealous.  ...  Nothing would happen to her..she would be proved innocent....and the potion would not harm her reproductive system.\n\nIf she was guilty of this crime ...her belly would swell...her leg would rot and she would not be able to bear children.  \n\nThis proceedure was not done on a pregnant woman.\n\nThe inability to bear children was a devastating situation to a woman.  Unfortunately, women today don't look upon children in the same manner, as a blessing from the LORD.  Unfortunately, a lot of women view their children as curses.\n\nThese verses shows that God does indeed care about our sexual relations.  We are to stay faithful to our spouse.  God definitely frowns on adulterous relationships along with many other sexually wrong relationships.
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Most abortions occur at 6 weeks, where the embryo doesn't have brainwaves or cerebral cortex. It basically looks like a salamander. This is not a baby. However, if the woman completes the pregnancy, a child is born with all the complete developments and cerebral cortex. That is a child. It would cause irreversible psychological damage to the child if his/her dad doesn't want to see them. It will screw them up for life. You're pro-life, will you support a man's option for the woman to have an abortion? He can't force her. Your reasoning contradicts your beliefs in abortion.
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If you want an abortion, you need to see a Medical Professional. Only the Day After Pill or the actual abortion procedure would work. There are no foods that cause you to abort. There are some who say a certain combination of herbs in tea will cause it, but it is NOT SAFE for you to attempt that on your own. Again, I reccommend you see a Medical Professional. Be safe..and good luck!
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Although I would like to completely get rid of abortion, I can't think of a way for the to be accomplished.  I don't have any thoughts or solutions because it seems like there aren't any.  If abortion was banned completely, we would have women getting back alley abortions or trying to perform abortions on themselves.  We would have women that were pregnant with children they don't want & they would be using drugs and drinking because they could care less about the health of the child then the baby would be born deformed or retarded.  It may have been better off aborted to begin with.\n\nI just think maybe the only solution it to make it illegal to use abortion as a form of birth control.  This is way out there and will never happen, but I would like to see prison time for women that continue to get pregnant only to abort (murder) the baby.  Kinda like a 3 strikes law.
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Abortion should be against the law. In fact, it already is. It is called MURDER. As soon as the child is concieved, it has full human DNA, and therefore, scientifically considered a human. It should not be a choice, because you cannot choose to kill someone, just because you dont want them. Scot Peterson got charged with double homocide because he killed Laci and her unborn child. How can this be? The child is unborn! So, if abortion is legalized, he should be dropped of that second charge. Now, I'm not condoning the murder of your spouse, or any other person for that matter, but merely using it as an example. The only time abortion should be permitted is if the mother and/or the childs life is in danger.
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I'M SORRY you layed down and got it. you should be made to raise your baby. i dont belive in abortion. that's murder. there are plenty of people in this world cant have babies. but those that can they want to kill their babies.. so be responsable for your actoins. that baby cant help it. but you can help it by keeping it or adoption. it takes a sorry moma not to keep her baby.
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anything you do to end a pregnancy is an "abortion." however, i'll assume that what you mean is you are looking for a method that doesn't cost hundreds of dollars and require a doctor.\n\nif you are under 18 or are not very very smart and self-aware, i do not recommend doing anything other than going to a doctor. however, searching google turned up the following:\n\nhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=herbal+abortion&btnG=Google+Search\n\n(and BTW, taking herbs to induce menstruation is NOT illegal. it CAN, however, be dangerous, and should not be undertaken without careful thought and lots LOTS LOTS of research.)\n\n==\nand DO KNOW that a "crisis pregnancy center" is NOT a health care facility--they are places created by anti-abortion organizations or churches to convince you not to have an abortion. the only health care they provide is the same pregnancy test you can buy at the store, along usually with a propaganda video designed to make you feel bad about making a decision other than going through with the pregnancy. they will, however, often attempt to help you through a pregnancy and provide connections to adoption agencies or people. so, if you've decided to keep the baby, they might be helpful ("might" because not all of them are equipped to do anything but convince you that abortion is evil). \n\ni like how so many people insisted on not answering your question, but instead chose to take the opportunity to proselytize. your decision is your own, and that's all i have to say about it.
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When you have an abortion, it generally only kills one being at a time.\n\nSmoking harms the health of everyone around you, and drinking to excess can kill one or many people at a time, depending who's abusing it and when.  \n\nIf you were on a trans-Atlantic flight, you wouldn't care if your pilot had an abortion; however, if she went on a drinking binge just before climbing into the cockpit, you'd be more than a little worried.