(June 19, 2014 at 7:44 pm)Arthur123 Wrote: I agree life support systems are not life support systems, I don't see how this is relevant. If, what your trying to say is the womans to her own body trumps the babys right to life. I would have to disagree it is important only to the point she commits an immoral act i.e, abortion. The fetuses right to life and not be killed trumps the mothers discomfort every time. In the cabin scenario I was directly responding to your statement "A fetus has no rights so long as it is dependant upon its mother's body for survival."
Pospartum depression ahh yes but than is the fact also ignored that women, too become depressed sometimes after an abortion? Indeed there our some that end up regretting it and have lasting depressed symptoms due to the fact. Nevertheless, this is neither here nor there. Right now we are purely discussing the rightness or wrongness of an action. In this case, abortion. If fetuses are humans, than abortion is the killing of innocent human beings and is morally wrong. End of discussion.
Losty, my whole point is that fetuses are humans too ergo, abortion would also be violating there bodily rights. In this case, there right to life. The thought experiment could also be changed so that somehow (insert crazy scenario) only the woman can have food, say she is really fat in that case her sustanence will sustain her longer than the baby and all she has is breast milk to save it. And your right, however, abortion is absolutely threatening and traumatizing, to the child.
Women, King Arthur is here for your weekly bodily examination.
