I don't get it. Why shouldn't a rape victim be allowed to take a pill to end something growing in her that was FORCEFULLY implanted????
Because women who are raped deserve it, don't you know?
Abortion wasn't "murder" until women started to have control over their own bodies, and men lost that control. The patriarchy doesn't like women who don't know their place. Our civilization has made major progress in moving beyond that mentality, but the groups who still support it will use any tactic to stretch it out, which includes inventing a new murder clause around abortion to completely bypass the women's rights issue. Some pro-lifers know that this is exactly what it's about, while others are naive and think they are fighting a just cause.
What I wish the pro-life would address - instead of the repetitious and substanceless personhood argument - is that if abortion becomes murder, then a pregnant woman loses a significant number of her rights. Her body comes under the purview of the State. How do they plan to violate, among other things, the 1st and 4th Amendments of the Constitution, along with freedom of movement, in
enforcing pregnancies? As of right now, it is - legally speaking - none of the government's business whether or not you are pregnant
at all.
You could be in your home for your entire pregnancy and no one would have to know. The State only concerns itself once the baby is born, because then it has legal protections. If a fetus has the right to life and pesonhood, then that means the government necessarily must become a lot more involved in a woman's pregnancy, and thus her bodily concerns. That will never happen - too many people would fight it.
Because of this, even if abortion is made illegal there will be no way for the government to track pregnancies that doesn't violate the Constitution; and therefore, abortion, like pregnancy, still remains a de facto private matter, as it is now due to Roe v Wade. The only important distinction is safe access to abortion, and punishment for getting one. No life is saved, and in many instances where abortion is illegal, women will actually die.
This is why the religious right (the main proponents of pro-life) will not get what they want. The majority is already against them, and so is the Constitution. They argue for life but they don't realize that criminalizing abortion
does not save life, it just
creates punishment. It punishes women, specifically, which is the whole point. Women got their civil rights, now they should pay for them too, right?