(October 7, 2014 at 12:07 am)Jenny A Wrote: Ah, this is the argument where I get off the pro abortion bus. I'm not sure when that collection of cells becomes a person, only that it's pretty late and it has to do with brain development not cute pictures. But we give children special rights. We give them the right to housing, food, and education. We don't offer those as rights to grown-ups. Why? Because they can't be expected to do that for themselves until they reach maturity.
Who do we expect to do that? The parents unless a very good reason can be shown why it should be someone else and the reason usually is supposed to be in the best interests of the child. It is after all the parents who created the child.
So, what about that thinking fetus? Well until it's something much closer to a human than a fertilized egg, there is no moral question. But if the mother not only conceived it (voluntarily or otherwise) but kept it until it became something hard to distinguish from a baby, then yes she has a moral duty to deliver it. Is that a duty even if it risks her health or life? No. She's more viable and cognizant than it and therefore more valuable. But if she can deliver with minimal risk and she let it become human, yes she should deliver it.
Very well stated.
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