On May 16, 2005, at 11:38 AM, Dan Minette wrote:
The point is, most Americans believe that abortions should be illegal some
of the time. Most Democrats support the legality of all abortions, even
for development beyond viability.
One quibble here. Even after being born, you can't really argue convincingly that a human infant is "viable". Without active, constant nurturing it's dead, and that need for nurture goes on for about two years, at minimum, after birth. So if you're going to argue viability as the dividing line, well, maybe you need to find another dividing line.
Also, you understand I hope why full legalization is better.
Finally, as a consequence of some states' laws, we have cases such as a preteen girl getting pregnant after being raped by her own brother, and state legislatures attempting to prevent the girl having an abortion. That, I think, is an example of what can happen when you don't have universal legality.
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