dbackjon wrote:Colonel - I knew I left myself open for that, and I would argue that you are trying to compare apples and oranges. A person (murder victim) has legal rights. A fetus does not.
As much as we can argue as to when life begin, when a person is a person, etc, the reality is that until the fetus is delivered, an abortion will not be looked upon the same way as a we look upon a murder.
Is that right? ...
Nope it is not right, Jon. Your legalistic argument was the same argument used to justify slavery and the denial of citizenship to American Indians.
You see, the slaves were NOT recognized as real people under the Constitution before the Civil War, so they had no LEGAL rights. Likewise, Amerindians were not recognized as citizens, so they had no LEGAL rights.
I am not saying that carrying the child to term might not be the greater evil, but the abortion of a live fetus is evil, just the same. Sometimes we do choose the lesser of evils, but that does not change the nature of evil.
Sorry, man. The Christian nuts have the moral high ground on this one.