More on Abortion

   A fairly well known talk show host recently referred to an unborn baby as part of the female genitalia.  He said ladies have the right to do to there bodies what they want, and government should have no say in it.  Are unborn babies part of the female body, or is the female body like an incubator for the baby? If people should have the right to do to there bodies what they want than why are suicide and self mutilation so discouraged and frowned upon?  If unborn babies are part of the female body than doing any harm to them is doing harm to the woman.  This could be put in the category of self mutilation, which in the medical world is a mental problem that needs treated. http://www.helpguide.org/mental/self_injury.htm  This is not to say that ladies who abort there babies have mental problems, but it is a logical end to the statement made by the above talk show host. 

   If the woman's body is an incubator for the baby and the baby is not part of the her body than what right does she have to harm it.  In most cases the baby is not the result of a crime such as rape.  In this case the woman had to make a choice to get pregnant.  Whether she wanted to get pregnant or not, is not the problem. She choose to put herself in a situation that is commonly known to result in pregnancy.  This is where the focus on choice should be.  

  When it comes to whether or not the government should have a say in the choice of a woman to abort her baby, most would say no.  If abortion is self mutilation as described above than the government shouldn't have a say in it. But self mutilation is, as mention above, viewed as a condition that needs medical treatment.  If the woman's body is an incubator for the baby than the government does have a say in it, and it has nothing to do with the woman's choices about her body. MURDER IS ILLEGAL!