Things do not become illegal, just because they are immoral. Moral decisions are usually made by individuals, rather than by act of government.
In the abortion debate, there are many anti-abortionists who confuse the issue of morality with the law. Abortion, they reason, should be illegal because it is immoral.
By contrast, the "pro-choice" lobby argue that abortion should be a woman's right to choose. However, just because women have the right to choose, it does not necessarily follow that any choice they make will be a good moral choice. Giving people the right to choose means that people can make bad choices!
The strange thing is that I never hear feminists acknowledging that abortion is a moral problem and I never hear anti-abortionists acknowledging that there could be significant problems in outlawing abortion.
2006-07-25
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