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Mr.Robot asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 1 decade ago

Is abortion really about a woman's right to choose?

If so, why don't pro abortion advocates champion other issues which should be others right to choose? Why can't I choose to smoke marijuana? Or choose to commit assisted suicide?

Doesn't the same logic apply to either of those things? It is my body, keep your laws off it?

Update:

The Guy in the City:

Are you sure you know what logic is?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    You are right. Similarly the so called pro life folks should be opposing capital punishment.

    Most pro lifers are not pro file -- they are anti abortion. There is a difference.

  • 1 decade ago

    Your logic is completely wrong and poorly stated. So you're relating choosing to smoke marijuana to choosing to commit suicide to choosing an abortion? How about adding choosing whether to eat cereal in the morning to whether or not I should have children.

    You're not making any sense with your statement. There is no logic in your statement.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    that is not virtually the toddler. it is likewise relating to the female. maximum women get abortions because of the fact the final motel because of the fact they could't emotional/ bodily bypass by using a being pregnant. being pregnant isn't a walk interior the park, so no, they could't consistently positioned the toddler up for adoption, or perhaps for rape and incest, they could't cope with a 9 month being pregnant, after which supply their own blood away. Having a mind-blowing toddler could be an mind-blowing factor, although that's a good form of stressful artwork, and could be a great form of actual/ emotional discomfort. i understand people who're strongly against abortion, then substitute their ideas after having a planned toddler because of the fact that's the toughest 2d in life to bypass by using, regardless of in case you do have a mind-blowing toddler interior the tip.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Yes it is. The pro-choice people don't need to champion other causes, let those who think it's important do that for themselves. You're right, you SHOULD be able to smoke pot legally and have the right to a physician assisted suicide. I have no problems with any of these.

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  • 1 decade ago

    My husband and I were discussing this last night at dinner. We're both pro-choice and we also feel that assisted suicide should be legal and if people want to smoke pot and do whatever else to their own bodies and minds - so long as it doesn't infringe on other people's rights and doesn't cause harm to anyone else, then they should have the right to chose what they do to themselves.

  • 1 decade ago

    People who support abortion are typically the same people who support legalization of pot, and assisted suicide.

    The issue of abortion is you are destroying an innocent human life. While legally, the government does not recognize any rights for an unborn child, the unborn child is still a human being, and his/her rights are being denied.

  • gone
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    No one is pro-abortion. Smoke pot, do assisted suicide. I'm fine with both choices.

  • 1 decade ago

    Because the right wing shills have made those things illegal.

    And yes, it's about making your own medial decisions.

  • W.
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    No. It's about denying human beings their human rights due to their very young age. It's about age-based bigotry.

  • 1 decade ago

    Those same people are supportive of those things. Have you talked to a libertarian lately?

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