Uh, hello--God doesn't do the law here, people do the law...

[silverthorne]

This link was put up on dark_christian earlier.

Now, I got the whole moral idea behind anti-abortionism. I don't agree with them, but I get where they're coming from, and I'm not exactly a fan of the procedure myself. They're as welcome to their opinion and how it affects their own lives as the next person though.

But get this.

Not one of these people can do anything but parrot the usual 'but it's taking a human life and that's wrong in the eyes of God!' line. They can't even get into the logistics of what it would mean and what would happen to the people involved in the activity if it were made illegal. Including the mother.

They don't seem to get that if this is made law, the women who had the abortions will be subject to said secular law just as much as the doctors and clinics who performed them. And if the law defines abortion as a form of murder...

Well...I'm sure those of you with half a brain cell can figure the rest out for yourself.

This is why just parroting a belief or idea or ideal is a really BAD thing, folks.

Comments

[silverthorne.livejournal.com]

Most people do--it's not really a decision where one rule for every single circumstance that it affects is going to be good. That's why it should remain in the hands of the people chosing to do it or not. Most people can say, without pause, that killing someone under most circumstances (barring war and self-defense) is wrong. But something like this? Yeah. Hard to say. Even after having one myself, I still maintain it's not for me, because I really do believe that 1) I'm killing something that already has a soul and 2) If I was dumb enough to get pregnant (which is what happened in that situation), then really, I'm still responsible for the well being of my child over my own comfort. But that's me. That isn't you, the person down the street, or anyone else. About the only time I'd think it would be all right to start preaching 'oh no you don't' is in the rare case of someone actually thinking abortion is the best method of birth control--to which I say 'no, it isn't, now go educate yourself and get out of my face'.

Considering I've only met one person like that my whole life, and it's no one I know now...I don't have much reason to get on the high and mighty chair. Your body, your choice. And you have to deal with the internal reactions afterward, good or bad or indifferent. End of statement.