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demure  ·  3745 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Let's talk about two things they say never to talk about:

1. As OftenBen said, I, too, cannot have a meaningful opinion on this one. I am also male, and have also never been in a position where this has been even a remote possibility. However -- I think the 'right to life' or 'free choice' should rest on the mother -- which means I am essentially rooting for 'free choice'. The reasoning here is that if the mother has an opinion on the matter that lies contrary to 'free choice', i.e. 'pro-life', then there is no interference by law, because her 'free choice' then becomes 'I choose life for my baby'.

I also root for a separation between church and state as much as possible, and most people say 'pro-life' due to religious believes (or so I understand -- please please please correct me if I'm wrong) so I don't want to push any one religious belief or choice against the mother's wishes -- so if a mother believes strongly in 'pro-life', she has the opportunity to exercise that belief while a mother who isn't ready to have children can choose abortion.

TL;DR: 'free choice' because free choice allows for the mother to decide, even if her personal belief lies along 'pro-life' lines.

2. I'm honestly not sure. There are too many false convictions, yet there are some people who are genuinely disgusting. What we should do, if people keep complaining on overcrowded prisons, is stop racial profiling and arresting people for possession of weed -- this would obviously require federal policy change, but it would certainly lessen the overcrowding.