RE: Abortion is morally wrong
June 19, 2014 at 1:19 am
(This post was last modified: June 19, 2014 at 1:20 am by Jenny A.)
(June 19, 2014 at 12:59 am)Pickup_shonuff Wrote:How one defines murder is crucial. I don't think any form of animal cruelty is ever tantamount to murder. I don't think animal cruelty without scientific purpose or human survival purpose is right. I disagree about suicide and assisted suicide. People have the right to make decisions about the continuation of their own lives. There are medical reasons to intervene. People who want to end it today, but we have reason to believe would not want to end it tomorrow, should be delayed. But ultimately, the decision to be or not to be could not be more personal.(June 19, 2014 at 12:09 am)Jenny A Wrote: Murder is a personal choice. I do presume to say I have a moral say in whether anyone else murders.
The question is if abortion is ever murder, not if you have a personal choice when it isn't.
How one defines murder is also crucial. Contrary to many "pro-lifers," I believe war, the death penalty, and certain forms of animal cruelty are tantamount to murder, yet killing in self-defense, assisted suicide, and abortion are not.
Self defense, I think is obvious. The life on an innocent versus the life of an aggressor. The aggressor loses.
Abortion of a sentient fetus is murder less the pregnant mother's life is endangered by the fetus. Abortion of an non-sentient fetus is not.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.