Emximer:
You say that you can't legally commit suicide, but what is the punishment for someone who does? Death? So tell me why it's illegal, what is the point of a law making suicide illegal?
Successful suicides are beyond the law, but people who attempt suicide but live are often put under "protective custody" and no longer get to make decisions for themselves for awhile.
Let's say abortions were made illegal, what would the punishment be for someone who got one, let's say unassisted. What would be the logical punishment be, would it be life in prison since you consider it murdering a fetus?
You act like abortion has never been illegal, or that all abortions are illegal in the US now. What is the punishment for any child abuse? What should the punishment be for mothers or for "doctors" who kill babies now? As far as mothers' emotional state when deciding to have an abortion, we already take that into consideration when mothers kill their babies (as in post partum depression), there's no reason to leave that out of legislation banning abortion.
People act like abortion is something that is so different than any other act, so it's "untouchable". If we used the same logic in the 1860s, slavery would still be legal and protected.
