Everything that is illegal still happens thats why there are prisons. When abortions were illegal they were performed in back allies and places like that with a coat hanger.
2007-11-22 14:41:59 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
You seemed to answer your own question there, but I will weigh with my own opinion.
I think the debate on abortion is a passionate one, and people who are against them want to stop abortions from happening entirely. But as you say, on the whole, abortions will be performed whether illegal or not.
The question I would pose is what punishment would be appropriate for women who have abortions. Jail sentences? Certainly if it is a crime, there would be some sort of punishment involved. It does seem absolutely unfair that women should have to suffer the sole punishment when men share equal blame. This is what would likely happen, however.
Like all criminal justice problems, the solution would be more complex and involve helping women who are interested in getting abortions to get the help they need to avoid them. I think most politicians are only interested in the political gain of opposing abortion, but not dealing with the larger social problem.
If we as a society want to make sure abortions do not happen, we have to truly invest in the women who end up with unwanted pregnancies, and do more to actually prevent them. An intelligent solution like this seems unlikely with the heated climate surrounding the debate.
2007-11-22 14:53:40 · answer #1 · answered by Citizen Slam of the Chub Guard 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not early term ones because in the first 40 days of a pregnancy all you have to do is take a pill you can buy on the Internet, You don't even need anyone to help you so no one but the woman would know if she did not tell them. If the government trys to prevent woman from obtaining the pill, they would be no more successful than they have been stopping people from using Marijuana. Medical developments have made the whole argument about early abortions irrelevant.
2016-05-25 01:46:14 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they fail to understand the desperation that women who are determind to not be pregnant any longer feel. Personally, I would never have an abortion but I think the answer to preventing abortions is helping women in bad situations, not laws against abortion. People who basically hate women rave about "my tax dollars", among other tripe and rhetoric. SO few abortions happen with anyones "tax dollars". The vast majority are financed through medical insurance and private funds. It is sad but as I said, it is far better to help people with alternatives then to make laws that can't be enforced.
2007-11-22 14:56:00 · answer #3 · answered by lenore_wm 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because they live in a land were if it is illegal it does not happen. Out of sight out of mind..... Stats from around the world prove that if abortion is legal or not the rates are about the same!!
2007-11-22 14:45:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
For a simple answer to a complex question, just think about this. Can you tell me one thing that a law has ever stopped from happening?
2007-11-22 14:47:55 · answer #5 · answered by John H 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Ugly women will get abortions forever. Making it illegal will simply prevent my tax dollars from paying for it.
2007-11-22 14:46:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Well those people believe that abortion is murder so they reason as follows:
Making murder illegal seems to reduce a rate at which at happens, but it does not eliminate murder.
This does not mean that we should make murder legal "because it happens anyway".
2007-11-22 14:46:48 · answer #7 · answered by hq3 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
It's not the need to make it a crime that motivates most Pro-Life people, but the need for society to not endorse the act.
2007-11-22 14:44:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I know people will be more unsafe that way. I agree.
2007-11-22 14:45:04 · answer #9 · answered by ஐ♥Vanessa♥ஐ 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋