RE: Anti Abortion? FUCK YOU!
March 9, 2011 at 1:07 pm
(This post was last modified: March 9, 2011 at 1:18 pm by corndog36.)
(March 9, 2011 at 11:55 am)Thor Wrote:(March 9, 2011 at 11:45 am)corndog36 Wrote: The unborn baby is a unique human individual that will only have one opportunity to live. That's why it's right to live is equal to that of every other human being.
But this isn't true, is it? If it were true, then if a pregnancy endangered the life of the mother we should flip a coin to decide if the pregnancy should continue or not. But any right headed person would agree that the mother's life takes precedence and the pregnancy should be terminated.
Unfortunately there are always going to be situations where we are going to have to decide if it is morally right to take a human life. I believe that terminating the pregnancy would have been the right choice in this situation because the child was going to die anyway. I also believe the decision should have been up to the patient and doctor. Similarly, I think that when the mother's life is at stake the mother should decided. Some mothers would choose to risk their own life for their child, others would not.
(March 9, 2011 at 12:53 pm)Minimalist Wrote: "You're saying the baby doesn't have the same rights to life as any other human being"
Frods...it is NOT a fucking baby. It is a fetus which cannot survive except attached to the mother. In NY, iirc, it had to draw a breath in order to be considered a human being. A fetus is little more than a parasite.
If you want to stretch the definition of parasite, then we are all little more than parasites. I find this point of view revolting.
