Re: Sklansky on Abortion
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When abortion was illegal, many women died obtaining "back-alley" abortions. If abortion was to be made illegal, the same would happen today. Therefore, by providing legal abortions, the healthcare system is saving the lives of countless women.
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What? This is like saying that crime should be legal so criminals aren't killed carrying them out. If abortion were to be outlawed in a particular place (presumably because that fetus is worth protecting) than that woman getting the back alley abortion is attempting to commit murder. If she dies trying to do so, why should I pity her any more than the attempted rapist who is shot by his victim?
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