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Originally Posted by raytri
I had to laugh when I read Ron Paul's position on abortion. He wants to leave the decision to the states -- but he also wants to pass a law defining life as beginning at conception, thus essentially trumping whatever decision the states might make on the subject.
I think "viability" is a reasonable standard to use for whether abortion should be legal. And when I say "viable", I mean without heroic measures. As a practical matter, that means abortion would always be legal in the first trimester, mostly legal in the second, and largely illegal in the third.
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This has always been and remains an arbitrary prescription on the issue. One might as well say "Duh - abortion should be legal up to 7 months, 3 days, and, duh, 13 hours."
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There should also be exceptions for things such as rape, serious birth defects and the health/life of the mother. If you think such exceptions are abused, then define them strictly and enforce those exceptions. But they should be there.
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The "health of the mother" is an escape clause that in practice would allow any abortion to take place.