With the comments that you two are making I wonder how many others with different views feel comfortable debating this . Is that the purpose “no discussion”?
I can't read people's motives in most cases. I think many of those who launch into immediate flames on the topic are simply that passionate about the issue. They aren't necessarily trying to stop all discussion, but they may be intent on shouting down any position but their own. Maybe they believe that if they shout down all other positions then what they advocate will become the law. I won't question their motives, but their technique isn't winning them any support.
I think many people also have a hard time distinguishing between what they want to happen and what the criminal justice system should punish. We seem to have become a society where everyone believes that they should use the law to force everyone else to be just like them. Most abortions don't quite fit this scenario because abortion either is or is not the taking of another human life. However, in the gray areas, particularly those involving the life or physical health of the mother, things aren't as black and white. In these areas, we can all have opinions, but we need to accept that we don't have to send others to jail for not accepting our opinions.
Bill
There are as many opinions on this one issue as there are people. I often wonder what teenagers would say if asked, “What if your mother had decided to have an abortion when she found out she was pregnant with you?” I do not personally believe in abortion unless it is because of rape, incest or of extreme danger to mother. Do I have the right to interject my beliefs directly on someone else versus who will stand up for the unborn child? Who is going to protect this then potentially unwanted child for the rest of their life? What I most get upset about is the woman who says, “Well, it’s my body and I will do as I please!”, never seeming to consider for a moment that one of the truly wonderful things about their body is that it is capable of being a host for another birth. Moral standards, conduct and individual’s opinion of their personal responsibility have changed. A politician’s stance on the issue of abortion often reveals a lot more about them than just their view of this one issue. Although very, very extreme, I do feel that fathers who refuse to support an out-of-wedlock baby should undergo a vasectomy and mother’s who opt out of pregnancy should be able to obtain safe affordable sterilization.