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Originally Posted by Stu from NYC
At some point that fetus is a life and should have some rights. If a woman wants an abortion let her have it earlier in our pregnancy.
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I think this is a reasonable compromise. Women are going to have abortions, all banning them does is kill women that can't afford to have it done right.
Historically the quickening is when most societies decided the fetus was inhabited by a soul. Being an atheist the "inhabited with a soul" part isn't so interesting to me, but saying it is viable at that point is a "compromise". Being a secular society, it seems many have forgotten that compromise is the only option for peace. Because we will never all agree on anything (or much of anything). The hate and vitriol in our society today with it's my way or the hi way will result in no winners (well, except maybe Putin) and abortion is just one more of those talking points we can no longer talk about.