Interesting point about murder charges. I actually hadn't noticed that before.
This is a point that I really don't think I'm ever going to be able to see eye-to-eye with anyone on. Abortionfacts.com (which I've mentioned here before) claims that a woman has certain but not total rights to her own body*, and I think that's absolute BS. If you want to think of a fetus as a person, fine, whatever, but so long as it's physically dependent on me it's still part of my body and if I want to get rid of it that's a decision that should be between me, whatever deity(ies) I believe in, and my boyfriend/husband if I wish to share it with him. It's not affecting anyone else, so it's not their business. Period.
*It's beside the point but still interesting to note that that same site claims men have total rights to their body...are you telling me that once I'm knocked up I'm a second class citizen to both my husband/boyfriend *and* my baby? Give me a break.
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Date: 2006-02-08 07:54 pm (UTC)This is a point that I really don't think I'm ever going to be able to see eye-to-eye with anyone on. Abortionfacts.com (which I've mentioned here before) claims that a woman has certain but not total rights to her own body*, and I think that's absolute BS. If you want to think of a fetus as a person, fine, whatever, but so long as it's physically dependent on me it's still part of my body and if I want to get rid of it that's a decision that should be between me, whatever deity(ies) I believe in, and my boyfriend/husband if I wish to share it with him. It's not affecting anyone else, so it's not their business. Period.
*It's beside the point but still interesting to note that that same site claims men have total rights to their body...are you telling me that once I'm knocked up I'm a second class citizen to both my husband/boyfriend *and* my baby? Give me a break.