Should people impose their views on others?

It’s popular to say that those who are pro-life oppose abortion because of religious belief, therefore they are wrong. When we want to get rid of a child that will impact on our lifestyle we say the people who say we don’t have the right to kill someone are in the wrong.

• Religion did not discover when life begins – biologists did
  

• Religion did not establish that at the moment of conception a unique and separate individual exists – geneticists did
  

• Abortion is not a religious issue any more than drink-driving is a religious issue

History shows that pro-life legislation was initiated by the medical establishment in an attempt to protect the unborn. The Hippocratic Oath which dates back to 450 BC states in part "Will not assist in procuring an abortion.."

We expect to live under a set of views imposed on us – and we expect that they will be just and fair. There must be a governing system capable of making rules to secure the protection and stability of society.

We are not a bunch of free radicals floating around able to do what we want to do, whenever we want to do it, to whomever we want to do it. In Australia we expect and trust that those governing us will make rules that will safeguard our lives and lifestyles.

We rebel when those views don’t suit us. When we want to do something that’s not allowed under the constraints of stable society, that’s when we flex our muscles.

In this instance, when we want to get rid of a coming child that will impact on our lifestyle, we shout that no-one else should tell us that it’s wrong.

We shout that we should be allowed to do what we want to do, no matter if it hurts – in fact – kills someone else in the process.

And we say that is OK.