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Does Pro-Abortion mean legislating that every pregnancy must be aborted?

If so, I can't vote.

(BTW - I don't like the term pro-choice much either - anti-abortion is the only truly accurate term in the list of charged rhetoric)

Pro-capital punishment (but with a lot of caviats and reluctantly)

Abortion? still out to lunch on that position, it's a sticky one

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I can't answer the poll as posted. While I do not believe in abortion I am torn as to who should control who and, who should make these kind of decisions. (I am pro capital punishment by the way, and I know you are looking to exploit the hypocrisy part of this but wait until you read the end of my post)

So, when it comes to abortion I feel that the law regarding this should be left to the states and that no federal money be made available for one side or the other.
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I support choice... and that comes from several points.. NO woman should be FORCED to carry a fetus that she does not want to...for whatever reason.. rape..lack of support..inability to care for what will later be a child. Our bodies reject a fairly high number of "conceptions" and its normal when a fetus will not be viable.. or for a million other reasons. Even later in the pregnancy there are a lot of miscarriages for many reasons.

On the FLIP side I do not want to be complicit in state sponsored murder as retribution for a crime. But there are some evil people among us who are such a threat to other human beings there is no alternative. Those who lack any compunction about killing anyone around them for whatever little reason even in a controlled prison... need the be put out of their misery.

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I know you are looking to exploit the hypocrisy part of this ...



Not looking to exploit anything. I voted Anti-Abortion & Pro-Capital Punishment. Why? Because I believe this perspective holds people responsible for their actions.
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So, when it comes to abortion I feel that the law regarding this should be left to the states and that no federal money be made available for one side or the other.



Now this is something I find curious. Legislation is legislation - why does it matter if it comes from the federal level or state level? Surely the end result of the law is exactly the same.
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So, when it comes to abortion I feel that the law regarding this should be left to the states and that no federal money be made available for one side or the other.



Now this is something I find curious. Legislation is legislation - why does it matter if it comes from the federal level or state level? Surely the end result of the law is exactly the same.



good point, not federal, or state, or local money should support someone's choice in this matter - but that's a digression from the topic

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Now this is something I find curious. Legislation is legislation - why does it matter if it comes from the federal level or state level? Surely the end result of the law is exactly the same.



Its a Red State.... state of mind as handed down from the pulpit as an edict on Sunday morning.

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As long as the fetus is inside a woman, it's her choice whether to continue to carry it. Like I said in the other thread, my personal choice is that I would never have an abortion unless my life was in danger, but I'm not going to tell anybody else what to do with their own bodies. With regards to where life begins, I don't care, and I think that clouds the debate. It's her body. Period. I think it would be awesome if we can develop the technology to simply remove the fetus, raise it in an artificial womb, and give it to someone who wants a baby but can't have one. The waiting lists to adopt infants are huge.

As far as capital punishment, I oppose it, because I know that the justice system is far from perfect.

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So, when it comes to abortion I feel that the law regarding this should be left to the states and that no federal money be made available for one side or the other.



Now this is something I find curious. Legislation is legislation - why does it matter if it comes from the federal level or state level? Surely the end result of the law is exactly the same.



I look at it in the context of the constitution. The states have the power. The feds make sure rights are upheld and that is what the supreem court is for. When that same court creates law or infers rights we are headed down a dangerous path. This issue, IMO, should be dealt with at the state level, not the federal level. The end result will be laws and governace that reflects the values of that state.
"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

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I know you are looking to exploit the hypocrisy part of this ...



Not looking to exploit anything. I voted Anti-Abortion & Pro-Capital Punishment. Why? Because I believe this perspective holds people responsible for their actions.


the responsiblity issue you raise here is the key in the end. Nicely done and oh, sorry I was looking for a trap:$ In the end I vote as you have.
"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

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Pro-choice, but not a big fan of late term abortions unless the womans health is in danger. With respect to capital punishment, I agree with it for murder, rape and child sex offences.
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As long as the fetus is inside a woman, it's her choice whether to continue to carry it.



While I respect your personal view, we're not talking about 'carrying it' we're talking about killing it. How can a woman (or man) have the 'right' to kill a unborn child?
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I voted Anti and Anti. That might be surprising to some.

I agree with the statement that both should be applied in extreme cases only, however that will always give rise to the "what and who determines extreme" arguments.

My stance on the death penalty is simply that in our current system, it is FAR too costly to put someone to death. We have rocks that need breaking, let them do that until they die instead.

I always did find it curious that many vehement pro-choicers are also anti-death penalty. It's okay to end a life that could be nothing but innocent, but NOT okay to end a life that has been found to be very FAR from innocent. Strange.
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I always did find it curious that many vehement pro-choicers are also anti-death penalty. It's okay to end a life that could be nothing but innocent, but NOT okay to end a life that has been found to be very FAR from innocent. Strange.



That is the one perspective I do not understand (hence the reason I asked the question). Does anyone care to explain?
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I don't think that most pro-choice people would consider themselves to be pro-abortion, so your poll options may not work for some.



pro-choice isn't that accurate a term either

waddaya do?

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I don't think that most pro-choice people would consider themselves to be pro-abortion, so your poll options may not work for some.



If you are Anti-Abortion but Pro-Choice then I still have the question ... What choice do the fetus or father have? What choice did the criminal have?
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