Secular reasons for and against legalising abortion

[Neo-Scholastic]

[quote='ChadWooters' pid='774926' dateline='1413408570']

Rape is not the only crime that has lingering damages. A robber’s assault could leave his victim injured for much longer than 9 months, maybe even permanently.

In the case of such a permanent injury there is nothing the victim can do about it, which is not the case in a rape which results in pregnancy, where there is the possibility of having an abortion.

I thought we were considering, for the sake of argument, that the unborn are human beings. In that case terminating a human life to save another is analogous to forcibly removing the vital organ of a stranger to save your own life by transplant.

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If the unborn is indeed a human being, which is a biological fact, then to take away the life of an innocent human because of someone else’s crime would be unjust.

Maybe, but so is preventing the woman from having a choice in the matter in this particular case.

So you agree that there is a trade-off within that choice: the death of one human being for 9-months of liberty.