RE: Secular reasons for and against legalising abortion
October 20, 2014 at 12:05 am
(This post was last modified: October 20, 2014 at 12:06 am by Brian37.)
(October 19, 2014 at 4:46 pm)Justtristo Wrote:(October 14, 2014 at 10:37 am)Dolorian Wrote: 3. Abortion can result in medical complications later in life for the woman involved.
So do a lot of other medical procedures which are preformed, do we ban those procedures.
Quote:4. Legalising abortion will inevitably lead to selective abortion based on genetic abnormalities.
I personally believe that aborting fetuses just because they have tested positive for Downs Syndrome for example is personally aborrent. Also as more fetuses are found to have this or that genetic "abnormality", the odds are very high that they will be aborted.
However in spite of all that, I still support fully a woman or couple's right to choose.
I think what our resident utopia nut is fearing is that government will start forcing selective abortions. Now while governments can and have abused science, no one should advocate putting government in the position in making that choice for the doctor or the patient. Unlike the right who wants to force girls and women to have them regardless of conditions.
