Why is the abortion issue a political debate?
Isn’t it a private decision?
Well, it shouldnt be but the neo cons are all twisted up about it. No one favors abortion, we favor choice, that means a woman’s right to choose, not to be regulated by a bunch of MEN who dont have a clue. It’s legal in the US but the neo cons keep stirring things up about it. They should all just take a pill and lie down, and mind their own business.
Yes, very private.
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Eventually regulated by the government.
Some would say it is a medical procedure; others call it murder; thus the political debate part of it
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It comes down to if that Baby shoudl be cxonsidered a person. Some of us feel that as individuals we have a basic human responsibility to take care of ourselves and if we decide we do not want children then we should be able to protect ourselves from such situation.
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It should be, but it isn’t.
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guess you missed something in school.
google "Roe v Wade" and learn something new.
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a Roe but not related
Because the politicians vote on if it is to be legal or not.
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Because morality issues/human rights issues are very important to voters.
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yes but some people keep petitioning and bringing it to the polital table, it is a hot issue in the dakotas right now as they are trying to prosecute doctors who preform abortion with felonies and now pharmacists are allowed to refuse to fill womens prescription for birth control talk about invasion of privacy!
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Whether to kill one’s child is a private decision? No, I don’t think so.
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Absolutley.The Government has no right sticking its nose in personal business
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Because our government likes to legislate morality.
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Yes, it certainly SHOULD be, but the over vealous republicans think they have every right to control others bodies. They think people who have to make decisions like this are heathens who need to be saved from themselves.
We only need to be saved from the zealot republicans….
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it should cuz i think it will effect the economy killing a baby is killing life human life and as far as im concerned i dont think there should be abortion
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yes but anything to cause drama is basically what defines politics.. they think they know fucking everything.. oh my gosh dont get me started.. its an extremely private matter that should be decided by the person in the dilemma and by them only!! did they NOT make abortion legal all those years ago for a REASON!?!? i hate politics.. fuck em all
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Remember when politics were about "business", no abortion issue but abortion was there. No gay issue but gay was there. Get back to business Leaders!!!
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It is to me, but the real debate seems to be about who gets to make the decisions. And then of course there’s the "It’s immoral" crowd claiming it is equivalent to murder. It’s a very sensitive, emotional issue and politics feed on those kinds to gain support.
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because Rebulicans are retarted so they make a big deal over everything so the we can get our eyes off of Iraq
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Well, it shouldnt be but the neo cons are all twisted up about it. No one favors abortion, we favor choice, that means a woman’s right to choose, not to be regulated by a bunch of MEN who dont have a clue. It’s legal in the US but the neo cons keep stirring things up about it. They should all just take a pill and lie down, and mind their own business.
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Yes it is a private decision but the religious right feel everyone should have to believe what they believe and do what they feel is right.
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It is a private issue sensationalized by preachers to divert attention from what is REALLY going on in organized religions.
Just like equal marriage for gays.
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because (continually) making it an issue mobilizes the far right
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Go LAKERS!
It is a political debate only because there evidently are two sides to it – or at least the polliticans make it into one!
Government has no business in the issue of abortion! Abortion should be between a woman and her God if she has one – and if the Government should become involved in it – it should only be to make absolutely certain that the woman has the best medical/hospital/doctor care as possible afterwards!
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a realist!
I’m with you she has the right to do what ever she wants with her body. not because her life’s in danger not because she was raped or had incest,just because that’s what she wants
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no it is not a private issue. A babies life is anot a private issue between you and Michelle
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Ahmed, I’m going to try to answer this without political spin.
Historically, the root question of slavery and the root question of the Abortion issue are essentially the same: What is the proper definition of a human life?
Slaves were considered three fifths of a person. Unborn children are not considered human at all…
Contrary to what abortion supporters will tell you (And I’ll wager most of them have not nor will they have an abortion, BTW), the debate has nothing to do with privacy or with a woman’s "right to take care of her own body". When a woman becomes pregnant, she is no longer responsible only for herself, but for the unborn child within her.
In addition, abortion is not now, nor has it ever been legal. "Roe V. Wade" is an example of judicial activism.
In the United States, laws are made in one of two ways. They can be proposed by the president or any elected official and voted on by congress. If they are approved by the congress, the president then can sign them into law, or veto them and start the process again.
The other means is by a direct vote of the people. A group can put together a petition to have a certain proposal put on state ballot. Once said proposal is on the ballot, the people can then vote on it. If the people approve of the proposal, it is added to a list of state laws.
"Roe V. Wade" had none of this going for it.
So, morality issue aside, this is a major reason for it to be a part of politics.
And BTW, in case you’re curious, Norma McCorvey, the original "Roe" of Roe V. Wade is now a leading ANTI-abortion/pro-life activist.
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Because the religious nut cases that have infiltrated our government are trying to get their religious views enforced with theocratic law.
This is just one example of how a Christian government is no better than an Islamic government.
When a government enforces religion as law, freedom of religion ceases to exist.
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i believe it should be, but the gov’t figured that since they have to fund most clinic and thus they can control what women do w/ their bodies.
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The government does not want you to have any private decisions. This is only the beginning of what they would like to control that they should have no say in its legality. The more power we give them the more power they want.
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How can it be a private decision, when theres people out there crying about it and wanting to use it to cover a "mistake"!!!
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It should be but the cons have made it into a political issue to win votes. They are not the children of Barry Goldwater becuase they want to expand the power of federal government to fulfill their "christian" missions which breaks the conservative belief. Personal liberty is no longer useful with the new conservatives. I’m a fiscal conservative but disgusted with how cons have pander to the evangelicals.
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