I don't know, and thank God, I don't make policy. I however do think that the answer lies somewhere between "never" and "always" - those two are such appalling approaches to life that my spirit recoils in horror.
The minor thing I mentioned above is a good example of how abortion gets treated qualitatively different from all other medicine. This to me seems like a problem.
I think that a big problem is that a medical procedure has gotten tangled up with "rights" and that makes for crummy policy all around.
Aside: you might be interested to know that Orthodox Judaism is the only major religion which views abortion as religiously required under certain circumstances. (In general, it tends to be forbidden unless it's obligatory, and this is handled case-by-case).
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Date: 2008-08-25 10:42 am (UTC)The minor thing I mentioned above is a good example of how abortion gets treated qualitatively different from all other medicine. This to me seems like a problem.
I think that a big problem is that a medical procedure has gotten tangled up with "rights" and that makes for crummy policy all around.
Aside: you might be interested to know that Orthodox Judaism is the only major religion which views abortion as religiously required under certain circumstances. (In general, it tends to be forbidden unless it's obligatory, and this is handled case-by-case).