President Jimmy Carter on abortion

[LoAmmi]

I believe that more than 50% of us are pro-life. But politicians have lied to us so many times and changed the subject so often we have given up in defeat. They will have to answer to God.

I think it all depends on how you define "pro-life" in many ways. People like to broaden or sharpen the definition to suit the point they are trying to make.

My basic view is that abortions shouldn't happen except when the life of the mother is at risk. That is in line with my own religious beliefs and, to be honest, the life of mother is an extreme circumstance that does not come up often. I don't have statistics, but I imagine that 1% of abortions happen for that reason. Now, by Mike's standards I am not pro-life. By some other standards, I'm extreme pro-life because rape and incest aren't mentioned by my position.

That said, I'd have an extremely hard time looking a rape victim in the eyes and telling her that she has to carry a baby to term. It's a situation that's very difficult to think about. It probably should be difficult to think about it. I can't think of very many other instances where the crime of one person can force the victim into a situation where they must allow what's happening to their body to happen for nearly a year.

 

[wondrousgnat]

I too am opposed to abortion in all situations except when the life of the mother is in danger (my own mother had an ectopic pregnancy).

I am also opposed to abortion in the case of rape but find my viewpoint a little harder to defend. I have seen some instances of rape victims regretting their abortions. And if rape is legal then ultimately virtually all pregnancies will be called rape. {I'm pregnant because my husband raped me.") In the case of Roe v Wade the original protaganists admitted that there was no rape.

 

[Tallguy88]

I too am opposed to abortion in all situations except when the life of the mother is in danger (my own mother had an ectopic pregnancy).

I am also opposed to abortion in the case of rape but find my viewpoint a little harder to defend. I have seen some instances of rape victims regretting their abortions. And if rape is legal then ultimately virtually all pregnancies will be called rape. {I'm pregnant because my husband raped me.") In the case of Roe v Wade the original protaganists admitted that there was no rape.

She also later became a Catholic and is now a pro-life activist.

"Norma Leah McCorvey better known by the legal pseudonym "Jane Roe", was the plaintiff in the landmark American lawsuit Roe v. Wade in 1973. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that individual state laws banning abortion are unconstitutional. Later, McCorvey's views on abortion changed substantially. McCorvey is now a Roman Catholic active in the pro-life movement."

From Wikipedia.

 

[wondrousgnat]

Thanks. I should have made that clear.
Also the partner case, Doe v Bolton, also became pro-lifers.

And yet the Supreme Court refused to even review those cases.