RE: Abortion is morally wrong
July 1, 2014 at 5:02 pm
(This post was last modified: July 1, 2014 at 5:04 pm by rexbeccarox.)
Quote:Firstly I completely agree with you on the first part - I was talking about the ethics of the act itself and not when to abort, that's up to all women
I completely disagree with you on the second matter by several reasons.
1 - Only allowing woman to vote would violate the principle of equality and the principle of democracy/free vote (since everyone gets the right to vote)
2 - By allowing this we would have to apply it by analogy to other situations, only gays would vote for gay rights, minorities for minorities rights, workers for workers rights. This is wrong because both parts have a saying in the matter. By only allowing women to vote they'd vote what benefits them more (same goes for other categories), this doesn't mean it would benefit society as a whole more. Imagine this - Low paid workers vote for minimum wage, they chose an extremely high wage because it benefits more and since employers can't vote they can't say NO to i (and a NO would be the right call from an economical perspective)
3 - Most politicians are males, only allowing females to vote would not account for sufficient people to make a legal vote for abortion
4 - Everybody should have a saying of what happens to society, not only a special category of people. By doing this we are completely dismissing the other parts arguments. Imagine minorities voted for affirmative actions. They would probably choose a lot of benefits that would be unbearable.
1. That's why it's screwed up that abortion has become something to be legislated. Abortion should no more be put to a vote than a man of consensual age choosing circumcision.
2. See above.
3. See above.
4. I completely disagree, being that abortion isn't a societal issue. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: what happens in my uterus is my business. Society should have no say at all.
