RE: Abortion is morally wrong
June 17, 2014 at 5:04 pm
(This post was last modified: June 17, 2014 at 5:05 pm by Esquilax.)
(June 17, 2014 at 4:41 pm)Arthur123 Wrote: Well if it is morally wrong, than a womans desire to not allow her body discomfort does nothing to change the fact that it is murder.
You're missing the point: it's not a matter of discomfort, it's a matter of autonomy. That fetus, if it is a person, has no right to attach itself to a woman's body against her will in order to sustain its own life, in much the same manner as a person can't force an organ donation because they'll die without one. That's not murder, it's just the reality of the situation; the fetus will die without that other human body, that other person does not consent to hosting the fetus, and thus it's no more immoral than being able to refuse a request for organ donation, something we also allow people to do.
In fact, it more moral than that, since the fetus won't feel any pain and isn't aware to know that it's dying. You said yourself that if a fetus is human it should have the same rights as anyone else, but even taking that as true that means abortion is okay. Your own argument doesn't even prove what you think it does.
Moreover, don't work from the presupposition that objective morality is real. Demonstrate that it is, or work within a moral framework that's more real than "It's my opinion that the universe says this is immoral."
Edited to add: I also object to the characterization of abortion as "for fun." You could at least try not to poison the well.
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