Remember, being "pro-life" is prima facie evidence of gross mental incompetence.

[theweaselking]

Pregnant 13-year-old who wants an abortion is denied one, because she's "too young to make that kind of decision".

So.

Does she die from a botched illegal abortion, does she die from a botched home-brewed abortion, does she O.D. on an attempt to abort chemically, does she successfully give birth and have the rest of her life ruined, does she successfully give birth and have the baby taken away because she's "too young" to do that, too, or does she successfully abort and get charged with "murder"?

Place your bets now!

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Opposing abortion, in the Clinton-esque sense of wanting it to be safe, legal, available, and the absolute last resort, can be a nonreligious issue.

Insisting that abortion should never be allowed under any circumstances is irrational and totally indefensible - in short, religious.

[kali-kali.livejournal.com]

How is that religious? No mention of Jesus or Allah or Odin or whatnot in that statement.

Ideological, perhaps, Religious, no.

[torrain.livejournal.com]

From Mirriam-Webster, religious, definition of:

"relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity"

Now, I don't happen to share their ultimate reality, and think it's pretty disgusting that they're willing to force a child to go through such pain so that they can live with their worldview as intact as possible. Nonetheless, it really is a case of faithful devotion to their acknowledged ultimate reality--that life may be sacred, but dignity or choice or freedom or anything that might interfere with the incredibly profound role of female as incubator can all go to hell.