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iLander|1436793399|3902198 said:For those that think the government making abortion illegal is a good idea, I ask you this; how is that different than the Chinese government restricting births? Here's a communist regime writing rules that invade the womb, and directly affect a woman's reproductive freedom. How is regulating abortion any less an example of government overreach?
If we let the government makes decisions about a woman's womb, where will that invasion stop?
What if the government decides that handicapped children should not be born? They use resources, they need assistance and funds for mainstreamed public schooling, don't they cost a lot? If the government has womb power, who's to say this slippery slope won't appear?
Where would the womb invasion stop? What if, in the future, testing shows embryos that are predisposed to cancer, Parkinson's, mental illness, schizophrenia, even criminality? Wouldn't it behoove the government to terminate those pregnancies? Save all that long-term money? The technology to detect these genes exists today, and it would be easy to use it on embryos.
But why stop the womb invasion there? Gene technology could detect parents that are likely to pass on genes for MS, cancer, developmental delays, and any other thing the government would like to test for. Perhaps the government should forbid these parents from reproducing. Imagine all the money saved!
Be careful, more regulation is a slippery slope. Who knows what door you're opening that will be walked through 20 years from now, 50 years from now, 100 years . . .
I did not say "make abortion illegal"; I don't feel it should be taxpayer funded, IMO. If you choose to 'not abstain', individuals should be personally responsible (financially) for their actions and consequences ... and that includes paying the birthing bill.
The same argument about government's decisions re: a woman's womb being invasive is the very product of asking the government to intervene and cover women's reproductive rights in the first place. We opened this door years ago, and there is no end to it until we close it entirely, and get government out of our wombs entirely, and take responsibility for them ourselves. Another example of 'be careful what you ask Uncle Sam for' ...
We allowed them put "just the tip in"; and this is the consequence. The only way to truly retain full 'choice' over our bodies is to take the government out of reproduction entirely, which means we - as women - need to be responsible.