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Originally Posted by emma01
I still dont see how you can't see the difference! I don't know how to explain this...okay imagine two women, both having sex but do not want babies. One of these women are on birth control pill, and used a condom when having sex, one of the women didn't use a condom and is not on the pill, they both get pregnant and want abortions. Who would you feel more sympathy for, the one that actualy bothered to make sure her partner had condoms, or the one who didn't use any?
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If I'm understanding your argument correctly, you're saying the lady who did use protection that failed should get more sympathy because she obviously did not intend on having the child. You also asserted that you are more willing to support abortion in cases where there's more sympathy to be given to the female. The thing is and this may be where ShimmeringFaerie is confused, sympathy can be given to both women (same amount or more for one women over the other). It's subjective and flimsy because you can easily make an appeal for sympathy for both women.
I don't see why it matters though as to how they got pregnant, which also may be where ShimmeringFaerie is confused. If a woman has sex but does not want a child, she should have access to abortion simple as that. It should not matter as to whether she used the birth control and whatever else as it's implying the situation of intercourse must meet all the criteria you set forth, otherwise no abortion.
That's pretty dumb to me because the abortion is simply there to end the fetus so the future child does not occur. How one got pregnant is irrelevant to the procedure yet you're making it obligatory and relevant. It's like saying you go into a hospital with a broken arm and the doctor asks how the arm got broken. Depending on the situation, the doctor may say "too bad, you deserved it so no cast, sling, splint or pain medications for you". However, it doesn't matter on the event that occurred when the arm was broken, all that matters is the fact that the arm was broken.