RE: Abortion is morally wrong
July 1, 2014 at 9:15 pm
(This post was last modified: July 1, 2014 at 9:18 pm by Losty.)
(July 1, 2014 at 9:00 pm)blackout94 Wrote:(July 1, 2014 at 8:47 pm)Losty Wrote: Did you know that some women die whilst trying to jump through hoops to get an abortion in places where it is more difficult legally?
The harm is that if you allow a doctor to refuse treatment for religious reasons then you have to allow all doctors to refuse treatment for all religious reasons. Maybe the next doctor will refuse to perform an emergency c section because the mother isn't married and premarital sex is against his religion.
No.
Again completely wrong. I'm not talking about religious reasons only, but also morals and ethics. Let's put it simply and I won't repeat this, refusing anything that endangers life is not allowed, refusing an abortion doesn't kill the woman. The case you mentioned doesn't apply where I live, since clinics are in the same city.
You allow refusal if there is an alternative. In the case of abortion, there are clinics for it. If you refuse something that is the only mean of saving a life, then it's not legal.
And the case of premarital sex is different, a doctor has nothing to do with personal decisions regarding sexual behavior, the case of abortion is a doctor believing they are killing someone. Seriously why is this so hard to understand? We shouldn't force people to go against their convictions so strongly, sounds like a dictatorship that violates freedom of conscience and religion/morals/ethics
What you're talking about is completely irrelevant. This is the way laws work, you have to be super careful how you word laws and you have to define all words whose definitions could be subjective. Then you have to remember that every time you rule a certain way you create precedent which can later be used as reasoning for future rulings. Some people may find interfering with god's will for someone to die just as morally objectionable as murder. Just because you don't doesn't mean the slippery slope is not created.
Also, clinics being in the same city isn't good enough. Sometimes women need abortions. No time for hospital transfers, and no time to wait for another doctor to show up. Also, are you really telling me there isn't a single city in your country without an abortion clinic?
