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Originally Posted by MartinSE
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.
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There is a need to talk about it, how else can a consensus be reached , will it be "life" begins at conception and will be protected or its not a human child until its born and subject to being terminated, (nice phrase), we know where the "right to lifers" are on this but the proponents do not seem to want that discussion, can you imagine watching something as barbaric as a late term abortion ?