Why is abortion such an issue in the USA?

[Indy]

Well and that's the thing: the movement here is to pretty much consider "life" as "conception"--or in Arizona I believe they were trying to make even BEFORE that.

Again: something you could never argue scientifically, but once you bring religion into it the definitions become whatever religious people want them to be.

Religion + law = horrible idea.

[eynon81]

[eynon81]

[The Dharma Bum]

[exploited]

All antiquated religious beliefs can be better expressed with secular ethics anyways. You don't need God to talk about personhood or morality.

[Philly]

[uebermann]

[John Galt]

i look at my nephew, who my sister had a few months ago. he's an undesirable: he's got down's. my sister said that every other down's baby that her 50yr old gynecologist had found during his years was aborted. and it's not like down's is a huge deal. it's not desirable that's true, but i'd take it over autism if i had a choice in child. she didn't know before hand; they had looked for it but not done full genetic testing. but it's not as if she would have aborted the child. i look and i think, is this undesirable?

[uebermann]

[John Galt]