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"Choices"   Does any government have a right to say what you can and cannot do with your body? Wow, that is a really provocative question! It's also a question that could split a lot of friendships and create a lot of controversy. The first thing that comes to mind of course is abortion. Does a government, any government, have a right to force a woman to carry a baby she doesn't want? I can see both sides of the issue. I know there are no easy answers. I have known women who have had abortions and spent the remainder of their lives haunted by guilt and remorse. After all abortion stops what would have been a human life. Ending a human life is never easy. I know. I had the miserable displeasure of terminating life support for my wife. I am still racked with guilt from it. On the other hand it is the woman's body. They are going to spend the next nine months after becoming pregnant going through changes and conditions unlike any they've ever encountered before. Perhaps they took all the precautions they could take with the exception of complete sexual abstinence and thought they were safe. A child at that time is not in the plans and simply cannot be in the plans. Does the woman have the child anyway just because the government says so? The ultimate decision about who controls our bodies is not up to the government, at least it shouldn't be. It should be an individual choice. |
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