RE: Pro-life atheists
May 22, 2014 at 11:19 am
(This post was last modified: May 22, 2014 at 11:22 am by Ben Davis.)
(May 22, 2014 at 11:00 am)Heywood Wrote: Severe pre-eclampsia can be treated with anti-hypertensive agents which should be tried first before aborting the fetus.This is you trying to redirect (possibly derail) the conversation. It's not necessary to discuss each medical condition in detail, it's enough to be able to demonstrate that there are medical conditions which will result in abortions (either standard or late-term). There will always be a medical necessity for abortions where the alternative is the death of both the mother and foetus/unborn child. Any position you hold has to take that in to consideration. You may still hold an anti-abortion principle but be aware that means you're valuing the death of both over the survival of one; those with religious bias for their anti-abortion position may go as far as saying that the deaths shouldn't be interfered with as it's "<insert deity>'s will". I don't think I need to point out how easy it would be to argue the immorality of those positions.
Edit: the last few posts came in while I was writing my comment, above. It's clear you're deliberately avoiding Losty's question. Late term abortions are a medical necessity. Are you going to adjust your position to accommodate that fact?
Sum ergo sum