Wow, this thread has gone off the rails.
Here's my take, and it's been mentioned by others across various posts.
Abortion must be legal for two reasons. First, the principle of bodily autonomy, which is a fundamental right of everyone since the beginning of humanity. You own your body, full stop. Anything else is slavery. If, for example, giving a blood donation would save someone's life, you still can't be forced to give one (perhaps outside the military). You are prior right to your body, even if your body could improve or save the live of another.
the OP virus has tried to distinguish between what should be legal, and what is morally right.
Here's my take on the morals of abortion -- morals are a reflection of values. The only person who's values matter is the only person to have standing in the question - the person who owns their own body. Right or wrong, good or bad, it is their morals that matter. Because they are the legal owner of their own body, they get to choose what happens to it, and they should use their own moral beliefs as a guide.
I'm not a pregnant woman, so I don't have the standing to sit on a soap-box and espouse my moral beliefs about it. I do have my own beliefs and values about how I would make a choice, if I were magically able to get pregnant, but since I can't, my opinion is moot (thought no, zygotes don't have souls
)
Here's my take, and it's been mentioned by others across various posts.
Abortion must be legal for two reasons. First, the principle of bodily autonomy, which is a fundamental right of everyone since the beginning of humanity. You own your body, full stop. Anything else is slavery. If, for example, giving a blood donation would save someone's life, you still can't be forced to give one (perhaps outside the military). You are prior right to your body, even if your body could improve or save the live of another.
the OP virus has tried to distinguish between what should be legal, and what is morally right.
Here's my take on the morals of abortion -- morals are a reflection of values. The only person who's values matter is the only person to have standing in the question - the person who owns their own body. Right or wrong, good or bad, it is their morals that matter. Because they are the legal owner of their own body, they get to choose what happens to it, and they should use their own moral beliefs as a guide.
I'm not a pregnant woman, so I don't have the standing to sit on a soap-box and espouse my moral beliefs about it. I do have my own beliefs and values about how I would make a choice, if I were magically able to get pregnant, but since I can't, my opinion is moot (thought no, zygotes don't have souls
)
