There has to be compromise or we will still be fighting over this 1,000 years from now, and politicians on both sides of the political spectrum will still be using it as a tool to fire up the extreme bases of their parties every election year.
There has to be a discussion. Abortion will never be 100% legal or 100% illegal anywhere, so there has to be compromise.
-When does life begin? The extreme right argues that life begins at conception. While theoretically true, a zygote has no brain, no heart, etc. So the extreme right needs to give a little on this issue. The extreme left thinks that "partial-birth" abortion is OK and that the fetus is still not "legally" a person at this point. This is equally ridiculous and they need to give a little on that.
-How do we balance medical/reproductive freedom and privacy with the need to protect life? The extreme right believes that abortion should be illegal in every case, even when a 14 year old girl is raped by her father. They need to give on this issue. The extreme left believes that abortion is OK as a form of birth control and that insurance companies should be legally required to cover it and taxpayer dollars should pay for it as well. They need to give on this issue.
It really does boil down to compromise. It's the only solution.
Can we compromise, reach a consensus, and decide that a fetus is legally a person at _____ weeks, and has full protection under the law at this point? And then everybody STFU about it?
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