(December 16, 2013 at 8:36 pm)Polaris Wrote: Not talking from a medical perspective where the life of the mother/unborn child is in danger, I can't justify standing against both war and death sentences yet turn around and support abortions.
I certainly can. The deciding factor is the conscious mind. We are multicellular organisms who have no qualms whatsoever against killing masses of cells (think beer parties) yet we stop when someone consciously doesn't want to die. We are understanding of, even if we don't support, euthanasia which is the conscious beings desire to die. A fetus has no complex mental activity anymore than the area someone tattoos on their butt, yet we don't condemn tattooing except for it's occasional tackiness.
A birthed baby has more complex neurology, but isn't to the level of conscious thought yet, but as a society we are hard wired to give born babies protection and love, so we leave well enough alone.
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