I personally support it because it protects both woman and unborn child..., For example Scott Peterson was convicted of killing both Laci and Baby COnnor?? so why are they oppose it...
So do Pro-choice people believe that Scott should be only charged with one count of murder not two.. Do you believe that a unborn is a child for you? What is your opinion....
Optional.... Please State your Current City and Religion......
thank you very much,,,
2007-08-03 10:24:04 · 8 answers · asked by gsg_33 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
In principle, I have no objection to the Unborn Victims of Violence Act if it was clear in establishing that the woman has already exercised her pro-choice option of carrying the unborn child to term. I do see the other side of the argument however that it could be used as a(nother) step to legislate, thus encroach upon, a woman's right to choose. I'm not ignoring the rest of your question, I just prefer to leave city and religion out of my answer.
2007-08-03 10:37:24 · answer #1 · answered by sagacious_ness 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many (not all) oppose it because they see it as a slippery slope -- if that law allows the unborn to be recognized as a separate individual for purposes of some criminal laws, they fear that some people will try to boostrap other legislation on top of that to expand the scope.....
It's because most abortion-related arguments aren't based on the strongest argument favoring choice (which whether the mother can be compelled to provide life support) but are instead based on trying to argue what constitutes a "person".
2007-08-03 17:29:19 · answer #2 · answered by coragryph 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
This is part of what Planned Parenthood released: "The so-called Unborn Victims of Violence Act (UVVA) is not intended to protect pregnant women or punish individuals who harm them. It is part of a deceptive anti-choice strategy to make women's bodies vessels by creating legal personhood for the fetus.
"Nowhere does this legislation mention the harm to the woman resulting from an involuntary termination of her pregnancy. Sponsors of the UVVA have made their ideological goal abundantly clear: when given the opportunity to vote for a substitute bill that had virtually identical criminal penalties but recognized the pregnant woman, rather than the fetus, as the victim, they voted against this alternative.
"The UVVA was created with the sole aim of undermining the 1973 Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision, in which the Supreme Court ruled that 'the word "person" as used in the Fourteenth Amendment, does not include the unborn.' This bill elevates the legal status of a fetus to make it equal to that of the adult woman who actually suffers the primary injury. It is part of ongoing attempts to bestow personhood on the fetus by granting it separate legal rights equal to and independent of those of the pregnant woman.
"Violence against women, including pregnant women, is a significant problem in America, one that should be addressed. This bill does nothing but shift the focus away from real solutions by undermining women's health and reproductive freedoms."
MoltarRocks - Christian Jew. ?! Either be a Christian or be a Jew, can't be both.
2007-08-03 17:30:32 · answer #3 · answered by sbcalif 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I will state it the only way I know how, and that is -
Murder of anykind is a Sin, and should be punishable by Law, Abortion is Murder in Cold-blood!
As you have stated, Yes,Liberals oppose it on the grounds that the Unborn Victims of Violence Act ONLY in defense of the perpetrator, they could care less about the Unborn, they call it a "fetus" "blob of cells" etc,etc.
Go the following and see the Murder in process -
http://www.abortionno.org//
God help America!!!
JR
2007-08-03 17:46:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They oppose it because they are afraid that it may be extended to render abortion illegal. To them, it's not a baby until it's born.
I support it, because, you can detect a fetal heartbeat in the first trimester with an ultrasound machine. That's a life. Period.
Los Angeles Metro Area - Christian Jew.
2007-08-03 17:28:33 · answer #5 · answered by MoltarRocks 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the pro-choice groups are against it because they don't think a fetus is a person.
it can't be a non-person for abortion and a person for murder.
if it's a person, it's always a person. if it's not a person, it's never a person.
personally, i think personhood rests upon a lot more than genetics. without autonomy, at best you deserve someone to take your interests into account--not full-fleged rights.
greensboro, nc and atheist.
2007-08-03 17:30:16 · answer #6 · answered by brian 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They're a bunch liberal and feminists who have a selfish agenda, that's why.
They have some ridiculous notion that if a woman wants the child it's murder if killed by a Scot Peterson type, but not murder if they don't want the child and kill him or her themselves.
Liberalism is a mental disorder, as evidenced by this and other phenomena.
2007-08-03 17:26:41 · answer #7 · answered by Joseph C 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
they don't believe it is a human being yet so if they suported this it would mean abortion is murder . But of course I support it
2007-08-03 17:28:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋