(December 1, 2015 at 7:38 am)Mr.wizard Wrote:(November 30, 2015 at 8:57 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: So to clarify, if a woman decides she does not want to give birth to her baby, you see nothing wrong with her having an abortion for all 9 months, all the way up until birth?
I'm assuming the answer is that you see nothing wrong with this, but I just want to make sure. If that is your answer then this is where we split.
Yes, its a question of bodily rights, she should choose what happens in her body. Why would it matter if its 9 months? We don't grant the same rights to children who have exited the vagina, why should a fetus be any different? If a two year old needs an organ transplant he or she needs to have a donor, you cant just use someone elses body without their permission, even if that person is dead. What your suggesting is special rights for a fetus, rights that no birthed human has and your suggesting that a woman should not have same rights as a corpse.
That's what I thought. Ok, I was just making sure you were being consistent because I have seen some people use bodily autonomy as a reason why abortion is fine but then say it shouldn't be allowed after a certain point. Which makes no sense, because bodily autonomy applies for all 9 months of pregnancy. So if a person believes it is ok to abort an unborn at 5 weeks, then aborting him/her at 9 months shouldn't be any different with the bodily autonomy argument.
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