Jebslund wrote:The Caleshan Valkyrie wrote:I fundamentally disagree, though my primary argument in this case is that due process is observed.
I also consider this whole line about the draft and such to still be a strawman and a thread derail. Would be nice to cut it out.
Due process is not a get out of consent free card any more than going through due process to force a woman to carry to term, with steep fines and prison time if she doesn't, but giving a dotted line to sign, would be a get out of consent free card for forcing her to carry to term. That's the whole point of arguing that abortion should not be banned.
I disagree. There are parallels, such as the false choice given in the GA law of six weeks, in that both are due process very much intended to present a situation as optional that is de-facto compulsory (the felony offense alone makes the draft compulsory. The idea that it is not is as absurd as saying murder is a valid option despite there being laws against it and criminal punishments for it.), that make it both a valid argument and relevant to the thread at large. That said, it's not an excuse to ban abortion (in fact, it's very much an argument for decriminalisation of refusing to be voluntold for the draft.). I find it very condescending that you seem hellbent on seeing it as optional when
There are
CRIMINAL fucking
PENALTIES for refusing to do so. I see it the same as you would if I said that abortions aren't banned in Georgia because of that six-week period.
Again, I fundamentally disagree. I’ve gone over this and taxation before, and I continue to consider both as things for which people do receive benefits of various sorts and as such cannot be considered a parallel with denying a woman the right to control her own body.
Frankly, whether it counts as optional or not strikes me as a tangent best addressed elsewhere.
(also, I’m not IN FAVOR of selective service... I’d be quite pleased were it done away with entirely)