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Freeda Womb

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LHP Mercuræn Feminist Heretic Bully ☿
Premium Member
Harris's record is opposing any restrictions on abortions. Can you show me where she supports any restrictions? Ask most democrats if they support any restrictions and most of them say it is between them and their doctor. So no restrictions.
I'm not a democrat, but I'm perfectly fine with the restrictions from Roe v Wade. Anything more restrictive is bound to have undesirable side effects, such as the ones we are currently witnessing.

I'm not fine with people other than the pregnant woman who are non-healthcare professionals having a "say" in it, as they are not healthcare professionals, and women's bodies are not public property, nor are women's bodies subject to public vote.

<edit to add> Unless the woman is serving as a surrogate, there is no contract involved regarding her pregnancy.
 
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Clizby Wampuscat

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I'm not a democrat, but I'm perfectly fine with the restrictions from Roe v Wade. Anything more restrictive is bound to have undesirable side effects, such as the ones we are currently witnessing.

I'm not fine with people other than the pregnant woman who are non-healthcare professionals having a "say" in it, as they are not healthcare professionals, and women's bodies are not public property, nor are women's bodies subject to public vote.
How can you hold both of these views? Roe said states could restrict abortion after viability.
 

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LHP Mercuræn Feminist Heretic Bully ☿
Premium Member
How can you hold both of these views? Roe said states could restrict abortion after viability.
It is putting a much needed restraint on the States in the pre-viability phase while allowing doctors to properly practice appropriate medicine as needed. Doctors are not lawyers. Most people in lawmaking are not OB/Gyn professionals. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to understand that non-healthcare professionals dictating to doctors that they cannot provide needed healthcare is going to result in great harm. Open your eyes and see the harm that state interference has caused already. Doctors are leaving states that are passing these harmful laws, and pregnant women in medical distress are being turned away from ERs. It's like those states want to make pregnancy and childbirth third-world dangerous again.
 
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Quintessence

Consults with Trees
Staff member
Premium Member
I'm not a democrat, but I'm perfectly fine with the restrictions from Roe v Wade.
Yeah, I think most of us were. Roe v Wade was the compromise and it was a darned sensible one - point of viability. Nonviable biological organisms in no instance should be prioritized over viable ones. The only reasonable exception to that I can imagine is for a threatened or endangered species where scientists need to harvest the gametes of the adults aggressively to preserve the entire species from extinction... survival and comfort of the adults bedamned. This situation doesn't even remotely describe humans, nor will it at any point in any of our lifetimes.

Not only is there no justification for enslaving pregnant women to the state, it's a level of gross human rights violation that there are no words for. It's in denial of biological reality too - abortions occur routinely with or without any intervention and complications happen that require intervention to save the life of the woman in question. If anyone was actually serious about solving the abortion issue they'd be investing in genetic engineering to fix humans so they lay eggs instead.
 

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LHP Mercuræn Feminist Heretic Bully ☿
Premium Member
Yeah, I think most of us were. Roe v Wade was the compromise and it was a darned sensible one - point of viability. Nonviable biological organisms in no instance should be prioritized over viable ones. The only reasonable exception to that I can imagine is for a threatened or endangered species where scientists need to harvest the gametes of the adults aggressively to preserve the entire species from extinction... survival and comfort of the adults bedamned. This situation doesn't even remotely describe humans, nor will it at any point in any of our lifetimes.

Not only is there no justification for enslaving pregnant women to the state, it's a level of gross human rights violation that there are no words for. It's in denial of biological reality too - abortions occur routinely with or without any intervention and complications happen that require intervention to save the life of the woman in question. If anyone was actually serious about solving the abortion issue they'd be investing in genetic engineering to fix humans so they lay eggs instead.
The state having interest in viable fetuses is a protection against such scenarios as people bribing doctors or midwives to kill a particular fetus, such as an heir to an estate. Yeah, these scenarios are rare, but I do feel that the state does need to have the power to mete out punishment in such cases.
Also tagging @Clizby Wampuscat
 
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Quintessence

Consults with Trees
Staff member
Premium Member
The state having interest in viable fetuses is a protection against such scenarios as people bribing doctors or midwives to kill a particular fetus, such as an heir to an estate. Yeah, these scenarios are rare, but I do feel that the state does need to have the power to mete out punishment in such cases.
Ouch, fair. This sort of thing probably happened a bit more historically than today, but maybe that's being naive.
 

F1fan

Veteran Member
You don't have the freedom or liberty to kill a human life. This is consistent with my other views.
Except war. Oh, and stand your ground. Oh, and if someone breaks into your house and threatens you. Oh, and if someone puts your kids life in danger. Oh, and if you work for a state that executes prisoners. Oh, and if you are a cop and there's a deadly situation.

Otherwise you are correct.

Of course medical personel terminating a pregnancy isn't killing a human life within the law.
 

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LHP Mercuræn Feminist Heretic Bully ☿
Premium Member
Harris's record is opposing any restrictions on abortions. Can you show me where she supports any restrictions? Ask most democrats if they support any restrictions and most of them say it is between them and their doctor. So no restrictions.
She has stated that she wants to codify Roe v Wade, so yes, she is for some restrictions post-viability.
 

Clizby Wampuscat

Well-Known Member
It is putting a much needed restraint on the States in the pre-viability phase while allowing doctors to properly practice appropriate medicine as needed. Doctors are not lawyers. Most people in lawmaking are not OB/Gyn professionals. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to understand that non-healthcare professionals dictating to doctors that they cannot provide needed healthcare is going to result in great harm. Open your eyes and see the harm that state interference has caused already. Doctors are leaving states that are passing these harmful laws, and pregnant women in medical distress are being turned away from ERs. It's like those states want to make pregnancy and childbirth third-world dangerous again.
So you want no restrictions on abortion then? That is what you are saying.
 
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