NationStates Jolt Archive

Today, the 7 chief justices of the Credonian Supreme Court fuled unanymously that abortion is indeed an act of murder and is therefore an illegal crime. A bill will be drawn up in the Credonian Congress this week to ensure that the supreme court rulling stays in place. That bill is expected to reach President Alexander Sutton's desk by monday of next week.

The swaying of the vote was a result of a powerful speech given by former Credonian President Kaimoni Sutton. He had this to say:

" While I am known to many as a person with very liberal views, I take a departure from my liberalism when confronted with the issue of abortion. Over the years, my position has changed drastically from pro-choice to pro-life. I believe that you must look at this issue from a moral point of view. A popular belief is that a person is truly alive when one is born. Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary defines life and the state of being alive as “human activity; time when something functions; animated; full of life; being in existence.” People who are pro-choice argue that a person is not deemed alive until they are born, but is a person not alive and functioning when it develops a heart and a brain? Is it not a living organism? Is it not full of life and growing into a complete human being? How can you not say that a human embryo is not alive if it has such traits? Purposefully killing a human, no matter what form it is in, is cold blooded murder and is immoral. Shame on those who support the intentional killing of human lives just because they don’t want to be responsible for their actions that may have resulted in the creation of another innocent human life.

If abortion is made legal, it would send a resonating message to our teens that they don’t have to take responsibility for their actions and that it is ok to have unprotected sex because if they were to get pregnant, all they have to do is get an abortion and not be stuck with the task of taking care of a human. We must make abortion illegal on the federal level because we must send a clear message to our teens, they must take responsibility for their actions. Don’t do the deed unless you are prepared and ready to pay the price that comes along with it. Making abortion illegal on the federal level also forces teens to use either contraceptives or condoms to prevent unwanted pregnancy. This also has an added bonus as it would reduce the number of STD’s that are transmitted each year and it would force teens to have sex responsibly or just not have sex at all.

Im sure many pro-choice people who read this editorial will say that a person cannot be told what they can or cannot do with their bodies, but abortion affects another human being. While the human organism isn’t fully developed and is inside the mother’s body, there can be no doubt about it that the organism is alive, and to say otherwise is just plain asinine and idiotic. While it functions independently from the mother, it is not dead, nor is it not full of life. There is nothing that can justify the argument that an independent functioning organism that has a brain and a heart is not alive. If it isn’t alive, then what the hell is it? So, once again I ask the question, is abortion moral? No it is not, and to say otherwise is iniquitous and immoral in itself.

Making abortion illegal will break out another argument, this time with the females. They will ask, what if they don’t want the baby because it puts a damper on their dreams and goals? Well, first of all, I say you shouldn’t have had unprotected sex in the first place if it was consensual. Getting pregnant is the price you have to pay for taking that action. That is not to say that their plans for their life ahead are in jeopardy. If they have to take care of a child, there are plenty of other sources to get money to not only take care of your child, but pay for any schooling that you may want to go after while you have a child. They come in the form of government grants and loans. I see no excuse what so ever that a pregnant or teenage mother cant go to college and be able to pay for it and continue with her life plans. The money is free and it is there, and all they have to do is find it. Get up, look, and get the money. Don’t complain to the government or anyone else about your dilemma that you caused by getting pregnant in the first place (unless you were raped, then we can be a lot more lenient)."

(OOC: This is a political editorial i wrote some time ago).

The Supreme Court decision is effective immedately.

It would be a bit easier just to ban sex.

No more STDs, no more overpopulation, no more children suffering from the stupidity of their parents.

Hell, we only allow people to create kids in vitro, and that's after careful genetic screening.

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Executor Xavier Davidson
Executor of State
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Celtyoshi agrees almost entirely with Credonia, and notes that this new policy for Credonia is very similar to longstanding Celtayoshi law.
However, in Celtayoshi abortion is legal only on the grounds that the mother has been subject to rape or that the mother may be fatally injured or permantly disabled by the birth of the child.
On numerous occasions the Court of Celtayoshi has thrown out pleas to abort an unwanted pregnancy citing moral and medical reasons, being that the embryo is indeed a living organism and therefore subject to the 'Right to Live Act (Celtayoshi)'

It would be a bit easier just to ban sex.

So in 30 years you have no workforce and in 120 years your entire nation is dead?

Smart. Really smart.

He said he clones people.

OOC:Thats no fun

Yeah, qhich is an incredibly slow and unreliable process that creates copies that are genetically worse than sexually created off-spring (take Dolly the sheep as an example). If you say different you aren't modern tech, and Credonia is modern tech.

While Iuthia doesn't really agree with Credonia's latest stance on abortion we respect their governments wishes to make the laws within their own nation as they see fit to safeguard their people and protect their nations morals.

Iuthia makes a point of educating at a young age and engineering the society so that case of unwanteed pregancy are few and far between. However, we are adamant on making a point of allowing them the choice and giving them the education to make a valid choice depending on their personal life view in such a situation.

King John I ,notes that this is in accord with FarFlungs current laws
that place abortion alongside the other capital crimes.

The Dominion of Upper Cet Kola Ytovia wishes to extend its congradulations to Credonia for taking this positive stand on human rights.

From the office of Damog Atenkruf
Fure Calere of the D.U.C.K.Y.

:headbang:

It would be a bit easier just to ban sex.
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Just put police officers in every single bedroom, shower, back seat of car. Yes, very easier.

Or maybe just cameras, in which case just have 100 million police monitoring them. But who monitors the police. Afterall, they're just human too, aren't they?

In CM on avg each woman has 12-18 children, we give rewards to women who have large families and especially large numbers of sons.

We also subsidize large families, especially sons.

Women are more important to a war than are factories, minerals, oil, etc.

You need soldiers to operate the weapons or the weapons become worthless. You need soldiers to build the weapons or you have none to begin with.
You need soldiers to maintain the weapons or they fall apart.


It's debatable what age somebody can be pushed into combat, lets say 12-14 at the earliest, but only in emergencies. Usually 17-18. So it takes 17-18 years to replenish the most important asset, the soldier.

Dr Goldfire:
We illegalize abortion too, if you have a child that you dont want you can give it away for adoption.

So we support Credonia's decision, a very good choice, we hope you allow adoption of these children by childless couples. 'Its a win-win situation'.

If you have a child and don't want it, you give it away to married Republican Guard men who cannot have their own kids because of male problems with the husband or female problems with the wife.

Women who are caught having abortions are stoned to death.

Those without sin cast the first stone, (We pick people who are young, because original sin is gone now, the young are supposedly without sin unless they've done something wrong)


Remember Christ came to absolve his people of original sin.

Credonia has taken a great step backwards socially. It's a pity.

STDs dont only come from sex, though. Blood transfusions, etc., etc...

Thank you all for your support. This endeavour will have an impact on our young peoples lives, but it is all for the better. It will teach them responsibility and will move us towards a better tomorrow. However, abortion will not be totally outlawed. There will be specific circumstances in which an abortion will be made legal, and those things will be listed in the bill that will be drafted.

Will this abortion ruling spill over into other areas where there a moral dilemas, for example euthanasia?

I would certainly hope not. With the legislation that will be passed, there will be safeguards that prevent that from happening.