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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk
True! I agree with you August but it is such a fine line on most of the questions and answers. There is always the innocent one and that is the child. I have stated throughout the thread we will never get the final answer to the question in your or my lifetime. This question has had politicians dance and sing for 4 to 8 years. Obama is dancing and singing around the question right now.
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See to me the innocent one is the rape victim. The fetus is just a clump of cells for a large part of its development. But late term abortions for rape victims is another question entirely, and again circumstantial. If there is good reason for the abortion happening so late then I support it (such as she being unable to have or consent to have an abortion until that point). Babies don't become higher functioning entities until a good period after birth. But then we get into legal issues as virtually everyone considers killing a baby that is healthy and already born murder.
Ultimately I never see the question on abortion resolved just as I never see the question of God or collections of higher powers ever being proven or disproven. Part of it being the subjects are so emotionally charged and heavily interlaced with religious thought and values. Also there is no hard objective line in the sand.