therealjjj77
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Except the one who gave the gift!
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It should read "Pro Tyrannical Prohibition" vs "Pro Self-Ownership" ...
We have a nice compromise going of leaving it up to the states, but if I see you fetus nuts gang up on this issue one more time, I'll vote Libertarian over Ron Paul!
We have a nice compromise going of leaving it up to the states, but if I see you fetus nuts gang up on this issue one more time, I'll vote Libertarian over Ron Paul!
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Melissa
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if you are not pro life it does NOT mean you are pro abortion---What it is called is pro choice and what that means to me is even though I think abortion is wrong --for me--I can't tell anyone what thier "choice" should be----
remember the old saying dont judge till you walked a mile in thier shoes
remember the old saying dont judge till you walked a mile in thier shoes
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I'm male and if polls are to be believed, most RP supporters are male too, which means most of the people responding here will never have one. Nevertheless, I wouldn't encourage any woman to get one, nor would I want to pay for one through taxes. But I really don't see how government would help. Government regulation of abortion would be nearly as effective as government regulation of suicide.
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This issue and the semantics surrounding it are not well reduced to two-option polls. I am strong pro-life, but I applaud the many pro-(choice/whatever) Ron Paul supporters who do not agree with him on his pro-life stance yet agree that the matter should be decided by the states, not the courts which have usurped the authority.
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Ron Paul for Liberty
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I'm Pro Life. Barry Goldwater was pro choice by the way.
Well, I'm personally against abortion but favor responsible choice for the mother. I support all 1st trimester abortions, oppose all 3rd trimester abortions (except in case of mother's life, health) and state's rights with 2nd trimester abortions (favor only in 1st month of 2nd trimester). I wouldn't encourage abortions or have one but would like to leave this up to the states.
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There's no sugar-coating it. Either you condone it or you don't.
I didn't vote. The issue is still a little bit complicated for me.
I'm pro-life, but uncomfortably so because I do consider the privacy issue. What made up my mind is that I decided it's less about privacy than it is competing rights. I think that both the mother and the baby have a right to life, and I can't say one supersedes the other. And because I have no special knowledge about when life actually begins, I come down on the side of pro-life.
Christianity believes life begins at conception. Judaism believes that life begins at 40 days. I'm sure other religions believe some variation of the same. But it's not even a religious matter with me. I'm a physician, like Ron, and as much as I've studied and pondered, I cannot come up with an answer to when life begins that doesn't seem artificial or arbitrary. So, like I said, I come down on the side of pro-life.
Christianity believes life begins at conception. Judaism believes that life begins at 40 days. I'm sure other religions believe some variation of the same. But it's not even a religious matter with me. I'm a physician, like Ron, and as much as I've studied and pondered, I cannot come up with an answer to when life begins that doesn't seem artificial or arbitrary. So, like I said, I come down on the side of pro-life.
If something can be made so easy, it's hard to believe that it's sacred.
Life become sacred as it develops: as it learns, as it socialises, as it benefits others and grows. To assume something is sacred just through it existing seems a bit silly, things should be respected through what's been achieved.
A typical argument is 'but a baby has no choice in the matter', but another can be just as easily created. It's more beneficial to society for babies to be born into loving, caring families, where they have a chance to grow up to be prosperous and successful, rather than being born to unfavourable circumstances: where there's a greater risk of them dragging down society.
Though I'm not trying to convert anyone here, this is simply my viewpoint. And I believe everybody should have the right to do what THEY think is best, not what anyone else thinks.
If my girlfriend decides to abort our baby, it has no bearing on your life, and quite frankly is none of your business.
Life become sacred as it develops: as it learns, as it socialises, as it benefits others and grows. To assume something is sacred just through it existing seems a bit silly, things should be respected through what's been achieved.
A typical argument is 'but a baby has no choice in the matter', but another can be just as easily created. It's more beneficial to society for babies to be born into loving, caring families, where they have a chance to grow up to be prosperous and successful, rather than being born to unfavourable circumstances: where there's a greater risk of them dragging down society.
Though I'm not trying to convert anyone here, this is simply my viewpoint. And I believe everybody should have the right to do what THEY think is best, not what anyone else thinks.
If my girlfriend decides to abort our baby, it has no bearing on your life, and quite frankly is none of your business.
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