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Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby
Further, if one believes a fetus is a life, it's intellectually inconsistent to think it is okay in cases of rape or incest. Life is life.
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Agree completely.
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Originally Posted by ASTalumna06
Thank you! Not everyone in this country is religious. Not everyone thinks it's a sin to get an abortion.. or to be gay.. or whatever it is that these people want us to believe.
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To be fair to those who oppose abortion on religious grounds, though, it's not just that they believe it's a sin. They believe it is the killing of another human, an innocent human. They believe it is murder. The belief that murder is wrong is certainly not limited to religious people -- it's pretty much a given in most societies.
So, from the perspective of those who oppose abortion on religious grounds, it's not a matter of "I think it's a sin, so everyone else should as well." Rather, it's a matter of a moral imperative to prevent the killing of innocent humans and to object when the culture (in their view) condones the murder of those unable to protect or speak for themselves.
Obviously, not everyone agrees with that view. But if the question is going to be asked "Why don't they understand that not everyone thinks abortion is a sin and stop telling us what to do?," then there needs to be some understanding that to a person who opposes abortion on religious grounds, that question makes no more sense than asking "Why don't they understand that not everyone thinks genocide is a sin?"