RE: Pro-life atheists
May 22, 2014 at 11:24 am
(This post was last modified: May 22, 2014 at 11:25 am by Heywood.)
(May 22, 2014 at 11:19 am)Ben Davis Wrote:(May 22, 2014 at 11:00 am)Heywood Wrote: Severe pre-eclampsia can be treated with anti-hypertensive agents which should be tried first before aborting the fetus.This is you trying to redirect (possibly derail) the conversation. It's not necessary to discuss each medical condition in detail, it's enough to be able to demonstrate that there are medical conditions which will result in abortions (either standard or late-term). There will always be a medical necessity for abortions where the alternative is the death of both the mother and foetus/unborn child. Any position you hold has to take that in to consideration. You may still hold an anti-abortion principle but be aware that means you're valuing the death of both over the survival of one; those with religious bias for their anti-abortion position may go as far as saying that the deaths shouldn't be interfered with as it's "<insert deity>'s will". I don't think I need to point out how easy it would be to argue the immorality of those positions.
Pre-eclampsia isn't a condition that requires an abortion to treat. Antihypertensive agents can treat it, or labor can be induced and the baby can be delivered early.
You are right, we don't have to go thru every medical condition and examine each one. However Losty does need to provide one medical condition in which late term abortion is the only option to save the mother......just one Losty.....just one.