Argument:
Abortion should be legalized to protect those who are going to get abortions anyway from the harmful effects of "back alley" procedures.
Examination of the argument:
[Legally proscribed action] should be legalized to protect those who are going to [break the law] from [the consequences] of [breaking the law].
* Example 1 - [Murder] should be legalized to protect those who are going to [murder people anyway] from [the consequences] of [murdering someone].
* Example 2 - [Drunk driving] should be legalized to protect those who are going to [drink and drive anyway] from [the consequences] of [driving while drunk].
* Example 3 - [Theft] should be legalized to protect those who are going to [steal anyway] from [the consequences] of [stealing things].
As you can see, this argument has no merit in and of itself. It also assumes that the baby being aborted is not a person. If the baby is a person, then using the term "abortion" is just whitewashing the actual action of murder by calling it something else (refer back to Ex#1).
I personally think that there should be consequences for unjustly taking someone else's life. I also believe that life begins at the moment of conception. Consequently, I have little sympathy for someone who is harmed in some way while committing or being an accessory to the commission of the crime of murdering babies.
Call abortion what it is: Murder.
These days, the question is framed in a way that avoids the real issue.
When does life begin?
This IS something that can be decided at the national level. If there is any doubt, then you should error on the side of protecting life instead of lifestyle.
An unborn baby is a human.
Period.
Full stop.
So, when is it OK to kill an innocent human? This is the question that needs to be asked...
My personal view is that life begins at conception. This means no elective abortion ever. If a medical emergency occurs and a choice of saving the mother or the baby must be made, then that is a different question.
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"Just as you do not know how the spirit enters the bones in the womb of the pregnant woman , so you do not know the activity of God who makes all things."
Ecclesiastes 11:5 NASB
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"For You formed my inward parts;
You wove me in my mother’s womb.
I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.
My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;
Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;
And in Your book were all written
The days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them. "
Psalm 139:13-16 NASB
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"Moreover, you took your sons and daughters whom you had borne to Me and sacrificed them to idols to be devoured. Were your harlotries so small a matter?"
Ezekiel 16:20 NASB
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"Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “You shall also say to the sons of Israel:
‘Any man from the sons of Israel or from the aliens sojourning in Israel who gives any of his offspring to Molech, shall surely be put to death; the people of the land shall stone him with stones. I will also set My face against that man and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given some of his offspring to Molech, so as to defile My sanctuary and to profane My holy name. If the people of the land, however, should ever disregard that man when he gives any of his offspring to Molech, so as not to put him to death, then I Myself will set My face against that man and against his family, and I will cut off from among their people both him and all those who play the harlot after him, by playing the harlot after Molech."
Leviticus 20:1-5 NASB