Should the government stop abortions?

[All_That_Chaz]

Re: Should the government stop abortions?

calm down, mike. i was just pointing out the absurdity of karma being in this debate. simmer down, kid.

devonin, i imagine that the reason pro-lifers have a problem with this is that it spits in the face of moral right. it seems like giving up from a legislating standpoint. it seems especially heinous with sin-taxes thrown in the mix.

however, it seems that legalizing vices is very "free market capitalism" so i guess it's another situation of where to draw the line between freedom and morality.

[OrganisM]

Re: Should the government stop abortions?

You'd have to prove conclusively that karma is an onjectively existing thing that actually functions on reality, which I think you would be very hard-pressed to do, before you can justify any arguement on the grounds of how it effects karmic balance.

To take the previous argument a step further, not only has illegalizing vices had an almost universally bad overall effect, -legalizing- vices (and thus subjecting them to controls and oversight) has actually had a generally good effect.

Look at many of the places that have legalized prostitution. By making it legal, and thus answerable to the government, the rate of disease transmission has dropped dramatically, the health standards of prostitutes and brothels have increased dramatically, and heck, taxing the process generates more government funding for important programs.

Well, the last bit about government funding I wouldn't quite argue; who's to say the government isn't wasting that money? Of course, that's another argument. But when the United States government uses so much of its money to perpetuate a "war" that generates absurd amounts of money for the private sector, I'm hard pressed to use that as reason for anything.