RE: Abortion/Consciousness/Life
July 20, 2014 at 10:13 am
(This post was last modified: July 20, 2014 at 10:15 am by Mudhammam.)
(July 20, 2014 at 9:51 am)Heywood Wrote: A person under general anesthesia isn't conscious either. Would it be okay for a scorned woman to kill her cheating husband while he is under general anesthesia? Of course not. Given time that person under general anesthesia will become conscious and live a life. A person under general anesthesia has a future expectation of person-hood and that is what we give moral protection. A brain dead person has no future expectation of person-hood which is why many don't find it immoral to simply pull the plug. A fetus on the other hand does have a future expectation of person-hood which is why it is wrong to kill it.
A person under anesthesia has a history of being, ya know, a person... with a personality... emotions, thoughts, memories, etc. etc.
A fetus does not.
Seriously, Christians come up with the most asinine comparisons to make their points. One even told me this week that abortion is worse than slavery.
Smh.
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza
