RE: Abortion and ethics
June 27, 2014 at 7:54 pm
(This post was last modified: June 27, 2014 at 7:55 pm by FatAndFaithless.)
Well you can hear an opinion from an atheist this on this, we're nowhere near monolithic on this (or any) issue.
For me, I don't really care anything about the "personhood" or "when does life start arguments. My opinion falls firmly on the bodily autonomy issue. You cannot force someone to be the life support system for another human (or bundle of cells/zygote/fetus etc) against their will. You can't force someone to give a kidney to a toddler or force a mother to be the incubator for an unborn child or fetus.
So often I hear people say "unborn children deserve the same rights as everyone else". Fine, I agree, and nobody else has the right to forcibly use another human's body against their will, so neither should the unborn.
For me, I don't really care anything about the "personhood" or "when does life start arguments. My opinion falls firmly on the bodily autonomy issue. You cannot force someone to be the life support system for another human (or bundle of cells/zygote/fetus etc) against their will. You can't force someone to give a kidney to a toddler or force a mother to be the incubator for an unborn child or fetus.
So often I hear people say "unborn children deserve the same rights as everyone else". Fine, I agree, and nobody else has the right to forcibly use another human's body against their will, so neither should the unborn.
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson
