When it comes to the abortion issue you can call me a middle of the roader as I feel that in the first trimester the mother in consultation with her doctor and husband, if available, should be able to choose. The third trimester it should only be allowed for rape, incest or physical life of the mother and in the second trimester it must be on a case by case basis with experts from different areas involved.
I bring this up because pro-choice people often argue about rape and incest to make their point and this is often brought up in the press. One argument for the pro-life people I have not heard involves late term abortion. Would you allow an abortion at 8 months and 30 days? Would you allow an abortion at 8 months and 30 days if the mother did not like the color of the baby’s eyes? If the answer is no then you ask about 8 months and 29 days and so on. I bring up these argument, to show the weakness in the arguments on both sides where abortions are allowed for any reason and abortions are not allowed for any reason. Each side is unwilling to give an inch because the fear the slippery slope and it has been my experience when that is the excuse for any decision it is likely to be faulty.
You can see this same reasoning when it comes to gun control. Those for do not want any restrictions on guns and those against want to get rid of all guns. Once again the driving factor is the slippery slope argument.
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