01-26-2008, 12:00 PM
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| Account Deleted Join Date: Dec 2006 Gender:  Posts: 3,738 Country:  Points: 16,625, Level: 82 | Level up: 55%, 225 Points needed |  |  This conclusion from Grannie: Quote:
That is totally wrong. My gripe is with people passing laws to control women's reproduction when many of them have a limited understanding of pregnancy/childbirth. There is no benefit to society in criminalizing abortion; it is simply a punitive action toward women.
You have failed to explain why men should have the power to veto abortion as a woman's choice or what to do when the two parties disagree.
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| First of all, we are discussing Roe v. Wade. And as abortion became legalized, it was not by a passing of a law so much as interpretation of law. Of constitution. Here's a scenario, Grannie. I have a yard. A pretty yard, patio stones up near the house, a statuesque bird bath, shrubbery and in the spring, daffodils and tulips. I even have some trees. Mountain Ash and Water Oak. Now I have a good friend who loves my yard. He wants me to plant a cedar too. He cannot plant one in his own yard, cos he lives in a high-rise without any yard to call his own. So we discussed it. And agreed. I have the yard and he went to the nursery and bought the tree. I agreed to let him plant it in my yard. He said he would take care of it for me and with me. Once I agreed to allow him to plant his tree in my yard, and have reasonably discussed the terms, I cannot rightfully just uproot his tree and put it out to the curb with the trash! Sure I have rights, cos it is my yard, not his!!! But once I agree to let him plant something in my yard, even if I don't like the way it shades my daffodils too much, I can't just back out of my responsibility to my friend. To the tree that he and I planted in agreement and did enjoy the afternoon together planting. Maturity and responsibility would weigh in on this, in a court of law. Would it not? Perhaps I could be given allowance to uproot the tree, but not without the courts giving the man a certain time frame to find another "home" for the cedar. My yard, my rights. Sure. But his tree, his rights. OhDear |