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On the same token then can my girlfriend and I use abortion as birth control and then after like eight or nine abortions we'll just decide to have a real kid (then start aborting again).

The pill has disadvantages and if we just let her carry a child for about 6 or 7 months, and then abort, it gives us big windows of no need for birth control of any kind.

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But since this is a hypothetical, I wouldn't call it "right," but I wouldn't suggest imposing a limit on abortion.

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Edit: She never had one successful pregnancy. I was adopted.  

Post edited at 6:31 pm on July 24, 2008 by Aratal

Well, since the topic is hot, I might add that if we are only considering the natural means of reproduction, then the should be little or no difference in the morality of the decision as compared to the social norm, since it is a requirement to survive, no matter how low the chance, it has to be done, or we will die out. Any concious attempt cut off of that chance to survive will be considered the taking of potential life but . .

If other methods exist, then theres no stopping mass cloning an army of the human race.

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Abortion is taking the potential for life from a fetus. Getting pregnant is giving it the potential.

So those eight or nine babies that were miscarriaged wouldn't even have the potential for life if the woman was not allowed to get pregnant. In my book, it's better to give ten babies the potential for life and only have one make it, than to give 0 babies the potential for life.

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