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The abortion debate will never be resolved.
This is mainly from the two sides arguing about different things.
Pro-life is about how a life starts at conception which means that abortion is murder. Pro-choice is about how women should have a choice to have an abortion.
Just force women to have abortions. Now you are undermining their bodily autonomy AND killing babies for satan (or whatever) Both sides happy.
/joke
Hasn't it already been resolved in a whole bunch of countries? I mean, sure there's still some folks that disagree with the outcome, but you've got folks disagreeing about the earth being round as well. If that's your bar for debates not having been resolved then I agree with you, but I'd also say you're not saying anything particularly interesting, disagreeable, or controversial.
You are right. I didn't specify in my original comment but I am more referencing the polarization in the US specifically.
But everything you're saying in the other posts is pretty generic and applies to the pro and anti abortion crowd in the other countries as well.
The debate will probably go somewhere if people took a moment to think about why murder is bad and why choice is important, then consider why that would or wouldn't apply to this specific scenario.
I don't think that will happen given the strongly held beliefs each side has as well as the polarization in this country.
It also does not help that there are politicians and news organizations out there that are happy to throw more fuel on the fire, driving a wedge deeper between two groups.
I believe a woman should have the right to abort the child as long as its under 18*12 months.
/s