RE: Abortion: 10 years as an atheist and I still don't get it
April 10, 2019 at 1:15 am
(This post was last modified: April 10, 2019 at 1:17 am by Athene.)
I don't necessarily regard abortion as morally acceptable. I simply consider allowing an unborn, potential human life's rights to supersede it's existing, fully-fledged human host's right to self-determination in exercising autonomy over her own body to be LESS morally acceptable than terminating a pregnancy.
Personally, I do regard any fetus growing within me as my child, so abortion isn't something I'd consider outside of the most dire/tragic of circumstances.
However, everyone doesn't share my perception, and I in no way feel that everyone should. The determination of when or whether to give birth is a profoundly personal matter. People's bodies are their business, and I honestly don't see any "morality" in forcing women to bear children if they don't want to.
Personally, I do regard any fetus growing within me as my child, so abortion isn't something I'd consider outside of the most dire/tragic of circumstances.
However, everyone doesn't share my perception, and I in no way feel that everyone should. The determination of when or whether to give birth is a profoundly personal matter. People's bodies are their business, and I honestly don't see any "morality" in forcing women to bear children if they don't want to.
