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I'll be upfront - I'm not a huge fan of abortion. Because I'm a fan of granting people the rights they deserve, I can't fully discount it, because I'm not fully convinced that there shouldn't be a right to abortion. On the other hand, I'm not sure the unborn child that is aborted should be denied a right to live. It's a confusing argument.

So...rather than talk about whether or not abortion is right or wrong, I'd like to talk about how we could work towards making it unnecessary. I think we can all agree that abortions aren't positive things - that there are not positive motivators for getting an abortion, as it always centers on an unwanted pregnancy (unwanted for any number of reasons). Therefore, whether or not it ought to be allowed aside, I think we can all agree that lessening the procedure's necessity/appeal would be a good thing.

I was thinking that first we could try to come up with a comprehensive list of the reasons that people get abortions, and then from there work on how we'd go about making those reasons less prevalent. Anyone up for it?

<blockquote data-quote="vyo476" data-source="post: 18810" data-attributes="member: 280">I&#039;ll be upfront - I&#039;m not a huge fan of abortion. Because I&#039;m a fan of granting people the rights they deserve, I can&#039;t fully discount it, because I&#039;m not fully convinced that there shouldn&#039;t be a right to abortion. On the other hand, I&#039;m not sure the unborn child that is aborted should be denied a right to live. It&#039;s a confusing argument.So...rather than talk about whether or not abortion is right or wrong, I&#039;d like to talk about how we could work towards making it unnecessary. I think we can all agree that abortions aren&#039;t positive things - that there are not positive motivators for getting an abortion, as it always centers on an unwanted pregnancy (unwanted for any number of reasons). Therefore, whether or not it ought to be allowed aside, I think we can all agree that lessening the procedure&#039;s necessity/appeal would be a good thing.I was thinking that first we could try to come up with a comprehensive list of the reasons that people get abortions, and then from there work on how we&#039;d go about making those reasons less prevalent. Anyone up for it?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="vyo476, post: 18810, member: 280"] I'll be upfront - I'm not a huge fan of abortion. Because I'm a fan of granting people the rights they deserve, I can't fully discount it, because I'm not fully convinced that there shouldn't be a right to abortion. On the other hand, I'm not sure the unborn child that is aborted should be denied a right to live. It's a confusing argument. So...rather than talk about whether or not abortion is right or wrong, I'd like to talk about how we could work towards making it unnecessary. I think we can all agree that abortions aren't positive things - that there are not positive motivators for getting an abortion, as it always centers on an unwanted pregnancy (unwanted for any number of reasons). Therefore, whether or not it ought to be allowed aside, I think we can all agree that lessening the procedure's necessity/appeal would be a good thing. I was thinking that first we could try to come up with a comprehensive list of the reasons that people get abortions, and then from there work on how we'd go about making those reasons less prevalent. Anyone up for it? [/QUOTE]

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