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Originally posted by Eclipse
I hear what you are saying, but the government infringes on the "right to privacy" all of the time. I can't smoke weed in the privacy of my own home, I lcan't have sex with a minor, I can't look at pictures of naked 8 year olds on the internet, I can't decide that I no longer want to take care of my child, I can't be married to 2 men at the same time and a whole bunch of other stuff. These are all things that, in my opinion, could be seen as "family issues", but the government has seen fit, for the good of society, to restrict these things. Why are these things taboo and not abortion. I can see the whole "When is the baby alive" issue, but the fact remainds that in the US it is stil legal to kill/abort the child until it is born. Studies have shown that unborn children feel and as you said, are vaiable earlier and earlier. Back in the day if a baby was born after 6 months it would surely die, now, it stands a chance. Medical advances are such that it may even be less than that one day.
To get back on topic, support of abortion is the biggest problem I have with the Democratic party.
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I undertand what are you are saying about other instances of governmental interference that can be seen as privacy violations. I can't really say why the Supreme Court has chosen to protect some things under privacy and not others. It actually quite likely comes down to two things:
1)those issues have never been challenged before the judiciary (whose job it is to interpret the laws); or
2) if it was challenged perhaps a very conservative court was sitting at the time.
I think you raise valid points- I for one don't have the answer to your questions, but I think they show true insight and a depth of thought behind them.
However, please know that there is a difference between legal and constitutional. In many (if not most) places it is impossible for all practical matters to receive a late term abortion. And there are even laws limiting it, take for instance the partial birth abortion ban. At a certain point in time partial birth abortion is the only abortion option available. I don't have a problem with the law I just wanted to point out that abortion up until birth is not necessarily "legal" or a U.S. reality. In fact, it was Roe v. Wade the leading abortion rights case that actually introduced the trimester limitation approach.
But again I too will get back in track and say that the Republican view on abortion is actually one of my problems with that party. That and the lack of generosity yet claiming Christian values issue...but I digress...