Where do you think the question of the legal status of abortion should be resolved—in courts or legislatures?

Court. Federal. It was decided that way in America and they keep trying to chip away at it at the local level. I think the law of the land is constantly being broken on local levels regarding abortion.

In the doctors office.

I think it should be resolved between the mother, father, and a mirror. Politicians are too crass to have a clue.

Courts should be deciding only cases based on prevailing law. Legislating from the bench is not legal (never mind the madness of the current Supreme Court).
The legality of abortion, or anything else, is set in the laws that come from the legislature.

That said, I don’t think abortion is the business of government at all, except to guarantee that women can make that decision for themselves.

Neither! It should be resolved in the mother’s head and heart. Nobody else should have the right to decide for her! Ever!! Only she knows what is right for her.

The Political State has no interest in it, except maybe in the third trimester. And the Federal Government has no business at all in it.
Check out the 10th amendment.

Basic civil rights are generally established at the federal level. That being said Roe v Wade has not resolved the issue. It has established a precedent that abortion is legal but beyond that it has left the rest very vague which is what causes the continuing dispute.

I think the question that needs answered is when does life begin? The two extremes are birth and conception. But once life begins there is no more choice i.e. that person has civil rights that another cannot choose to violate.

@wreckinball No, the big question is when does the government get to decide you must be a host to someone else’s life? That a person, forget gender, must, by order of the law, give their body systems to support another life. The question of when life begins is caught up in too much religious belief. The very religious cannot separate out morality and ethics from religious teachings, it is basically one and the same.

The question of when life begins is not religious its medical. My daughter is due December 15. Her unborn baby was statused as “full term” a week and a half ago. My other daughter, who is an OB/Gyn explained that Full term means that besides gaining weight the baby is fully developed and is alive.

To me its pretty obvious that you can’t choose to end this infants life. How far back you go is debatable.

I admit I tend to be pro-life but think that the other extreme , contraception, may not be acceptable. To me being pro-life is much preferable to being pro-death (although some call it choice).

In courts. I’m pro-life for myself and work hard at being pro-choice for others, because it is a difficult and emotional issue. I also believe that anything more than one abortion is a crime.

I am not saying it is only a religious question, I am saying religion gets in the way. I am not going to argue with a Catholic that life doesn’t begin at conception. They believe it does, so for them that is the truth.

I myself am pro choice, but I suspect that abortion SHOULD always be a controversial issue, because in the end both sides are right. It is pointless to deny that abortion is about the destruction of at least a potential human being, but on the other hand, I will never agree that the state should have the authority to compel a woman to bear a child. Then there is the reality that the only people genuinely restricted from abortions are the poor, or those who lack the wit and resources to obtain a bus ticket and the meager price of the procedure.

Not the business of the government in my opinion; except to guarantee that people have the right to choose. Under the best circumstances, both woman and man would discuss and agree. We cannot make decisions for other people; only they know what path they are walking in.