RE: My question to pro-choice supporters
July 7, 2017 at 2:54 am
(This post was last modified: July 7, 2017 at 2:55 am by Edwardo Piet.)
I am a huge supporter of pro-choice but only kind of indirectly because it's the mother's body. The more detailed reason for me is that the only alternative is the mother being forced to have a baby against her will... and going against someone's will (or choice) with regards to their own body causes them a great deal more distress than it would cause a fetus.
There are exceptions. I'd be pro-life in situations where the baby is like 8 or 9 months old and the mother decides she wants to abort that late just because she has decided she doesn't want a baby after all. But I'm pretty sure abortions that late are illegal anyway.
If there's a complication that would make having the baby a danger to the mother I'm still pro-choice in that case, of course. In fact I'd be pro-abortion even if the mother preferred to risk her own life having the baby, I think.
It's always just about suffering or distress, ultimately. And in 99% of cases that makes me pro-choice.
There are exceptions. I'd be pro-life in situations where the baby is like 8 or 9 months old and the mother decides she wants to abort that late just because she has decided she doesn't want a baby after all. But I'm pretty sure abortions that late are illegal anyway.
If there's a complication that would make having the baby a danger to the mother I'm still pro-choice in that case, of course. In fact I'd be pro-abortion even if the mother preferred to risk her own life having the baby, I think.
It's always just about suffering or distress, ultimately. And in 99% of cases that makes me pro-choice.
