Originally posted by 99civic_love
oh no, i don't think that a woman who wants to have an abortion but she waited too long should have it, hell no. i mean, if you've made it this far then have it.
the issue is that women where there are serious complications in their pregnancy where both lives are risked are no longer allowed to have one, even though it might save her life. only a small percentage of partial birth abortions count for abortions, and usually they are for medical reasons.
The argument stated for medical partial birth abortions are really low-level. If you ask me.
Generally the argument is that they will be born severely deformed, severely inable to learn, etc. etc and that they "probably wont live anyway". Well, if the probability of them living after birth is so low anyway, why bother with the abortion? According to that argument, nature will take it's course anyway.
On a second argument against the medical reasons for partial birth abortion. We all agree that the human is just that, a human; during "partial birth abortions". So, what's the difference between me geting burned alive, or losing limbs, or becoming mentally retarded due to an accident -- and you just killing me "for the good of me".
I have heard many, MANY, stories of handicapped or severely mutated people living a wonderful life of their own. Different than yours and mine, sure. But still satisfying for them. So what's to say that the "Deformed" child wont live normally?
What about the Children born with diseases that we *know* will kill them in 10 years or so. Do we just "abort" them to save them the "trouble" of living such a harsh short life?
No, we don't. We make those 10 years the best 10 years of their life, and make them as happy as possible before the inevitable happens. Just because some babies are phyiscaly damaged doesnt mean they don't have the right to give life a shot.
My 0.02. More like my 1.50$.