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Originally Posted by turbolapp
It's not that I'm avoiding it, I just don't care. That's a famous right wing contingency that doesn't make sense. The fallacy being that if you think that the fetus is a person that is constitutionally protected then you can't abort it under any circumstance. I personally think the fallacy comes from the fact that the right realizes that they are pushing their religious/moral beliefs on people and when faced with something as abominable as rape or incest your religious/moral convections knows no solution.
Which again is why it's better to base these arguments on clear logic instead of emotional theological beliefs.
If you're going to hold me to it though, I stand by what I said. With the number of rape and incest estimated being almost 1 in 4 there's no way that number is 1%. You're looking at reported numbers...most of this stuff goes unreported. It's not like girls are excited about announcing that daddy knocked them up.
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Are you seriously saying that knowing the percentage of abortions that are simple birth control versus "dangers to the mother's life" or rape/incest doesn't matter? I think it very much matters. 1 in 4 abortions is certainly not a result of rape/incest.
Not one of my beliefs is based on theology either, not once have I claimed that they were. I agree with many Christian leaders, but their views don't drive me at all.
Are you saying a girl shouldn't report the rape/incest?
Hold tight until tomorrow, I'll get as many state's results as I can, straight from the horses mouth too.
Any woman who fails to report a rape is just as guilty as the rapist for the next rape he commits.