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For those who think abortion should be illegal, why should a woman not be punished for requesting one?

Asked by LostInParadise (31921points) March 31st, 2016

At one point today Donald Trump said that women should be punished for getting an abortion. He later said that he misspoke when he made that remark. Both Republicans and Democrats jumped on him when he first made the statement. It seems to me that his original statement is quite logical.

I am in favor of abortion, but it seems to me that if you oppose it then then you should say that women should be punished for requesting one. If you believe that abortion is murder, then isn’t paying someone for an abortion the same as putting out a contract for murdering someone? The only reason for saying otherwise that I can see is to say that a woman requesting an abortion is under so much duress that she can’t think straight. Isn’t that a demeaning way of looking at women?

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