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Originally posted by D.E.M.4's:
I feel that a woman should have the right to choose. I choose to have safe sex. I didn't choose for the condomn to break. Or for the birth control that I used to not work correctly.
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I am usually a woman of my word but I never clarified this in any of my previous posts so once I make this statement, I promise I am through with this topic (unless someone addresses me specifically in their post
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While one may not choose for the contraceptive to fail, I think we all know that no contraceptive has a 100% success rate. If there is such a thing, please let me know. In saying this, if one knows that there is even a 5% chance of failure rate among a contraceptive, when you CHOOSE to have sex, are you not accepting that 5% risk of getting pregnant? Like my driving drunk example, while it may not be 100% that one WILL kill themselves or others while driving drunk or get caught by police for DUI, they still know that there is that chance they COULD. Therefore, they are accepting that risk the moment they get behind the wheel. If said person does kill someone or get caught by police, should they be able to say that since they thought they were okay to drive and did not plan to or think they would kill someone or get caught, they really should not have to be held responsible or go to jail because it would not be feasible right now or would hinder/complicate their life, even though they knew that driving drunk may lead to homicide or jail time?
But for the record (again), while I am against abortion, I am not necessarily saying I think the government should ban abortions.