The anti-439 claims that if 439 passes that men will be able to force women to get abortions or that 439 will guarantee government intrusion into women's health decisions, or that somehow forcing children to transition is involved, is ridiculous, and hopefully no one who was planning on voting for 439 will be swayed to change their mind.
Initiative 439 guarantees a right to an abortion up to fetal viability, usually around 22-24 weeks, with certain exceptions past that time (there are also similar exceptions in the current law and in Initiative 434). Most importantly, this right would become part of the Nebraska Constitution, preventing the legislature from any further restrictions. If you believe that the current 12 week cutoff if "just right", be aware that we were quite close to a 6 week ban this year - one vote away from it becoming law. The anti-abortion crowd is only interested in compromising insofar as it is a step toward a complete ban. People who believe that abortion is murder will not stop at 12 weeks, or 6 weeks. They will keep pushing until the job is done.
I've always avoided debates or arguments with anti-abortion people - it's generally not something that's open to discussion. I'm not going to change their opinion. Yes, it's an opinion. There's no science that can unambiguously determine whether the embryo or fetus is a human being, a potential human being, simply part of the woman's body, or when the transition takes place. What you think is no more than your opinion, and it's usually an opinion informed largely by your religious beliefs. And even when that's the case, evidence from the holy book of one's choice cannot be produced - in fact scriptural evidence that a fetus is not yet a person, or at least inferior to a person can be pointed to.
No one's opinion, no one's religious beliefs, should become the standard for anyone else.
Vote FOR 439 and AGAINST 434
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