A few questions spring to mind while reading this thread. Only one is directly related to the topic of abortion, but they are all related to this thread. You don't have to answer them, but at least give them a passing thought:
1. Is it legally defensible (not "right," but "legally defensible") to base the legalization of abortion in general on special cases (e. g., rape, incest, and other unpleasant things)? An analogy: there are special cases in which it is legal to kill another human being - in war, for example, or in self-defense. Can this be used as an argument to support the position that the act of killing another human being should be legalized?
2. Is it even remotely possible for two people to hold differing, and even opposing, positions on an issue - any issue - without one of those people having been brainwashed by "outdated religious dogma" or some other term that is supposed to imply that the target is incapable of thinking for him/herself?
3. Is it at all hypocritical for someone to lament that there are too many people living on the planet while continuing to live on it?
4. Are we all - with our dreams, desires, urges, opinions, idiosyncracies, modes of expression, and dirty little secrets - nothing more than a product of our genetics?
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