You think the doctors are the ones in charge of when these procedures are usually done now? The doctor gets no final say at all really, if a woman demands it be done even without medical need then there are extremely few (basically none) recourses for the doctor. I just want to clarify the idea that it's the scientists who are truly in charge of this whole deal, damn I wish we were. Scientists are rarely in charge of much these days, it's one of my huge frustrations that society will pat itself on the back about being so enlightened and scientific, then put control of what we're allowed to do in the hands of Johnny moron. Why in the world are we even bothering to give people a vote on stem cell research? Why the hell do I have to deal with the nutjobs who think they can tell me that my research on primates is the same as research on enslaved humans when the extent of their biological education was HS sex ed? Sorry, this didn't have much to do with abortion debating, but as long as we're putting science up to vote in ANY forum outside the scientific community I'll fight the idea that we're a society based on what's really logical and scientific.
Frankly speaking, if you really thought that this issue is one that should be decided by pure science, you wouldn't want to be included in the decision. Argue for the removal of emotional arguments, but don't hide behind a mask.
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