| When the aborition debate is brought up, one of the rebuttles used by the pro-choice crowd is that society allows the Death Penalty, so whats the big deal about abortion?
The big deal is all in the manner in which the persons life is judge to be forfeit. On the one hand, you have a woman that decides, for whatever reason, to end the life she is carrying. It could be due to monetary reasons, employment, personal reasons... not ready, didn't want to get pregnant.. the list goes on.. I am NOT TALKING ABOUT SITUATIONS WHERE THE MOTHER IS IN REAL DANGER PHYSICALLY OR RAPE!
It really doesn't matter what her reasons are, the end result is that an innocent life is ended due to the misfortune of being conceived to a woman not wanting a child. Thus the child is aborted, its life stopped before it saw the light of day.
Now take the issue of the Death Penalty. The person in question has been through a trail by his peers, high standard of evidence to proof guilt and multiple appeals before being put to death.
The persons life is ended as punishment for heinous crimes against innocent people. The person in question could have avoided this had they chosen merely to not commit the crime of murder. Instead they volunteered for this punishment by their own actions and choices.
The real irony is, that many anti-Death Penalty activist are also pro-choice, but these same people often profess to claim they cannot bare the thought of an innocent man being put to death by the system. This stance defies logic. It is okay to kill an unborn child but the risk of "putting an innocent man to death" is to high. One would think the situation would be reversed. That the pro-choice activist would be pro Death Penalty as well.
It is interesting to note that the risk of putting an innocent to death does not deter many pro-life activist from supporting the Death Penalty. The difference I believe, is that the Death Penalty has a myriad of safeguards in place to prevent such. Abortionist on the other hand refuse to accept even a twenty-four hour waiting period to get an abortion, or under age consent by the parents or guardians of minors.
This is I feel, a dishonest view on the debate. If the pro-choice crowd were more honest they would welcome such safe-guards to ensure the abortion was truly desired and not a rash act, an impulse reaction.
Einstein's "Theory of Relativity" is still being challenged to this day, but by consensus Global Warming is a fact... that's REAL science at work, why didn't Albert just go that route? |