Originally Posted by Dylan

1. Abortion is not an industry. It is a medical procedure. I believe I've already indicated my support for counciling and a waiting period. Not having parental notification doesn't make it a 'quicky abortion.'
2. You're right, I did. However, you're also making a lot of assumptions, which I have proceeded to refute, such as being a heartless baby hater or whatever.
3. The vast majority of abortions are due to mistakes. I am quite aware of that fact. I am also aware that married women statistically have the most abortions. This may suprise you, but most women are pretty good at telling whether it's a good time to have a baby or not. The desperate doesn't just include those poor people who have been the victims of rape and/or incest. Desperate can mean the woman doesn't have enough money to support another child comfortably, or the family simply doesn't want another child. Most people don't have an abortion before trying anything else.
4. You're right. I am not a parent, because at this point in my life, I feel that I am not ready to be a parent. However, a premature baby is still born... albeit prematurely. Once that baby is born, it is no longer connected to the body of the woman, and therefore no longer a part of the woman's body. If you cut off your hand, it isn't your hand anymore.
5. How clearly? Prove it. I don't think it's that clear, and neither do the approximate half of all Americans that believe that abortion should be legal. If it's so clear, everyone, or at least a majority, would agree. I don't know when life begins, but I do know when a whatever stops physically imposing on its mother, and that's after birth.
6. Many people believe they are the same. If they chose to impose their will on you, it would also be the same. It's their ethics against yours, and your ethics against mine. I fail to see the difference, except for which position you happen to be in under the circumstances.
7. This is a debate website. It is designed for debate. I am debating.