(October 16, 2011 at 9:09 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Who asked you to like it, though? You don't know these people, you are not responsible for supporting the child which you think should be born and you are not getting up at 3 in the morning to feed it and wipe its shitty diaper. What gives you the right to have an opinion on what someone else should do.
This was just my opinion (which is mainly due to my adherence to Islam), but I'm not going to force anyone to act upon this opinion.
So, I do agree that a woman should be allowed to make her own choice on abortion irrespective of my religious beliefs. Also, being a parent is tough and I understand the reasons why many people don't want any babies. And like you said, I am not responsible for what they do. Their lives are not my life.
(October 16, 2011 at 10:02 pm)Shell B Wrote: Oh, no, no, no, Rayaan. If that is your assessment, you absolutely must include mentally capability in that as well, in my opinion.
You're right, I should have included that also. I think that mental and physical capabilities are equally important. However, I observe this from an Islamic point of view, and that's why some of our other opinions on abortion will go in separate ways.
For example, Muslim jurists have agreed unanimously that after the fetus is completely formed and has been given a soul, abortion is a sin. But the sin also depends on how long the baby have been in the stomach. Some scholars have said that an abortion is prohibited for a Muslim after 40 days of conception because that is when the soul enters the body (according to certain Hadiths). Now, of course, you don't have to agree with any of this and I know that you won't because you are an atheist. I'm just giving my own perspective even though it may be useless.
