Max, I don't necessarily disagree with you ... but I cannot for the life of me take the contradictory position of being anti-abortion but feel it should remain legal. Ask yourself: why do you believe abortion is wrong? I'm assuming that you find it to be a question of life (if this isn't the case, why bother wanting to "...press a magic button and make no woman ever want an abortion again..."?).
Therefore, if it is a question of the sanctity of life than how can one logically justify valuing one life over another, especially when the life being granted greater value is the one responsible for the dillema in the first place?
Just because people will do bad things (back-alley abortions, for instance) doesn't mean that bad things should be legal. I mean, REALLY think about this: let's say that mothers would kill their BORN babies in back alleys. Should we then legalize a clinical termination of life?
Like I said, I don't necessarily disagree with you, and I completely agree that both sides are too damned entrenched in their thinking. That's why I prefer my compromise: the heartbeat is the cut-off.
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