Originally Posted by hkbajwa

Ok .. i concede on all points. Let's talk about implementation.

There are 5% of women who have abortions for "justified" reasons. I believe that you agree that they have their rights also, even though they may be a minority.

Who determines what is a justified reason for abortion? Basically who determines whether you are part of those 5% who are allowed an abortion?

Who will codify the rights of an unborn? A fetus concieved by rape or incest should still have the same rights as those feti concieved due to carelessness. So will those feti have separate rights or no?
If they do, then what gives a court the right to take away those rights to survival in favour of the mother's "feelings" about the mode of conception? In fact what gives the right to a court to decide to take away the right to survival of a fetus even if the mother's life is in danger? It's not the fault of the fetus. Why is the survival of a grown lady more important than that of a fetus?

Again i stress that this is not an argument for abortion. As stated repeatedly i think much can be done to prevent abortions. Sex education, counselling, awareness campaigns etc. Mothers can be given all the information that a court would base its decisions on. However the court can never know all what the mother knows about the pregnancy, its repurcussions social medical and emotional.

My contention is that since each abortion is an individual case, no legislative process can ensure that all factors are weighed properly. In such a case there is only one person with all the relevant information and it should be the right of that person to make the decision. That would be the mother.