SlimTarnishedDiva

That's just it, it's when the MOTHER decides whether or not she is physically and mentally capable of bearing and raising said zygote/embryo/fetus.

Slaves were viable adults who were capable of making life choices on their own, they were able to breath and take care of themselves but weren't given a chance. It is my belief that life begins at birth and not conception. With that being said, I don't believe in abortion for myself but it isn't up to me or you to deny a WOMAN her rights to do what she wants to with her body. I guess women are sub-human in pro-lifers eyes. If "WE" as Americans cannot assure fetus' an equal quality of life after birth, then why should you or I have a say in her terminating the pregnancy. We have thousands of kids in the foster care system awaiting adoptions because their parents and families couldn't take care of them.

:faint:If no one believes it then it can't be the truth, for it to be the truth one person needs to believe it, and someone else needs to witness it. I don't think you can link slavery to abortion that way, slavery was a horrendous injustice brandished on tens of thousands for cheap labor. These were human beings who didn't have a say or control over their lives, nor their families. They were seen as less than equal, CHILDREN were used as personal pets to the slave masters kids. Women were forced to sleep with men who weren't their husbands, oops I forgot they weren't allowed to marry legally. So, please tell me how a zygote/embryo/fetus who cannot breath nor survive on it's own compares. Pro-lifers who are often times evangelicals would like so much to link enslaving humans to a womans right to decide what she should do with her body. It is also funny that these same evangelical Christians never have a solution to poverty, raising said zygote/embryo/fetus that the pregnant mom doesn't abort, or health care for said zygote/embryo/fetus.... this all falls under what EC's call social programming.

:clap2: This is my feelings exactly. I will never be in the position to need an abortion, who am I or anyone for that matter to tell any women what to do with their bodies. How dare the Christian right radicals to infringe on a WOMANS right to CHOOSE! I don't see any of them offering to take care of the overwhelming number of kids that are already here and need Loving families and parents.