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Originally posted by onewhippedpuppy
Soooooo, since you live in a urban area, I should just let you make my decisions for me? I don't object to gay people on a personal level, just so it doesn't negatively affect others, I could care less what kind of lifestyle others live. I object to it on a moral level, the Bible isn't real positive about homosexuality. So how does that translate to abortion, do you know more babies, therefore you can better make the decision to cheapen the value of their lives?
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You appear to be an intelligent fellow and your points are well made. It does sound insane to say that if you live in a city, that you know more than the next guy. It's more that those who are exposed to more will know more about how things really work. I don't think anyone believes that abortion is a good thing, but if you live in an area that has many of the factors that lead to a high teen pregnancy rate you may start to realize that women will get abortions whether it's legal or not. And then you might come to the conclusion that the moral thing to do is to keep it legal and provide it free so that these women won't die when they try to perform abortions on themselves. (many people might think letting them die is the moral thing, it's their choice) But you also educate them about family planning so you won't need nearly as many abortions anyway. So the problem is lessened by education and not by treating them as criminals.