Abortion and Women's Rights

[Jason_ab]

I believe that getting pregnant makes the mother responsible for the well being of the fetus.
I also believe that we cannot legistlate this responsibillity for numerous reasons (most of them stated in this thread).
So the only answer is education. Simple as that.

And what exactly is the basis for imposing such responsibility on the woman? There has to be a compelling reason for this. If the fetus is unwanted, then why should we force the woman to suffer pregnancy for the whole nine months and give labour against her will?

I really have to admit that it has absolutely no "basis" or "compelling reason" whatsoever, indeed.
But... what "compelling reason" do we have for not killing a new born baby, or a 20 year old man? Why should I be forced to suffer from my neighbours bad taste in music? Why not kill the SOB?
I believe the bottom line is that for "moral" laws we cannot find hard evidence, proof or compelling reasons.
It's something like science. We must have some "theorem" (another Greek word hehe) that we take as is and build on it. Something like a central moral "dogma" (even though all of us hate this word).
I believe that a quite cool moral "theorem" or "dogma" is the socalled "golden rule" and that we could build on it.

Well man, If my mother had problems with me being in her woon, I would like someone to MAKE her get over them. I believe that so would she if my grandmother did not want to carry her in HER woon. So the "golden rule" forces us to be "pro-life", I think.