And now, let's have a debate

[zhie]

I'm bringing up the subject banned as a topic of discussion in every speech and english composition class I've ever had.

Abortion.

It has been announced that the United States Supreme Court is going to hear a case regarding late term abortion. Now, those of you who know my political and religious afiliations are probably well aware of how I would vote on such a thing, but, that's not so much the specifics of what I want to debate regarding this topic.

I think that abortion should be determined by the individual states in the union, and not by the national government. Discuss among yourselves. Feel free to expand upon the topic. I know, it's a hot and controversial one, but I think everyone who ganders by this journal knows how to play nice with each other.

If not, we can always just revert to having cheesecake if things get nasty...

Comments

[neldluva.livejournal.com]

I guess this is the "lesser of two evils" sort of debate, isn't it? Personally, I'm not impressed with any government at the moment ... Proposition 73 in California centered around parental consent for underage abortion, the outcome of which would have been a lot more illegal abortions behind parents' backs, a lot more deaths, a lot more suicides and depressed teens. Needless to say, I didn't support it.

Still, if I were pressed to choose, I would have to go with the states' power. This is a big country, and I have hardly any personal power over what happens ... what could my one vote out of 250 million count? But at least statewide, I stand a running chance of getting what I want.

I don't like the idea of anyone messing with my reproductive rights, period. But if they must, they must, even if I fight tooth and nail.

[zhie.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's a 'lesser of two evils' type of debate. I think that it would be possible to please more of the population if the states were the ones who came up with the rules for abortion, and not the national government. There is no way to please everyone, obviously, but too often decisions that should be made by the government of each state are being decided by a very small group of people who don't necessarily know or understand how the public feels about it. Making such a decision for such a large group of people hardly seems far. It's almost as if the national government doesn't trust the individual states to be able to handle such a thing themselves. Thank you for your comments! ^_^

[neldluva.livejournal.com]

I also think that old white men shouldn't be the ones who decide what I do with my uterus ... that really makes no sense to me. Why is it that the government opens the ability to vote on abortion rights to anyone who wants to? It's a women's issue, IMO, and it should stay that way. I don't want Joe Schmo voting on whether or not I can have a safe and legal abortion.

Just another little sticking point.