RE: Why I Am Pro-Life
July 24, 2013 at 6:51 pm
(This post was last modified: July 24, 2013 at 6:54 pm by Slave.)
An unfertilized human egg contains half the DNA required to create a human, as does a sperm. A fertilized egg is the very beginning of human life. It *is* human, as far as I am aware. I too used to be pro-choice (although I still am, my level of agree-ability changes per case), until I considered the ethical implications of abortion. If a woman aborts a fetus, is it equal to murder? No, I would not say it is equal to murder, as murder is a pre-meditated taking of sentient life. But willful abortion (as in, miscarriages aside) is without a doubt, in my eyes, the act of taking a human life, as I define human life begins at conception. That leaves the only difference between murder as we define it and abortion being legality. And how are laws made? By us. Laws change and adapt, reflecting the values of whatever society forms them. Because something is lawful, does not de facto make it right. If you're going to be in support of abortion purely because it is legal, therefore it is OK, I wonder what you would have thought of slavery. Logical consistency. It's a bitch, ain't it.
The act of abortion raises ethical questions. But the point remains. Human life begins at conception. Arguing otherwise is unscientific. I also do not view this as a question of sentience. We still treat humans in a vegetative state with some measure of respect. Human life has value, even if there is no active brain present that transforms a human husk into a human being. Where is the line drawn? Where does human life become valuable? When it starts to feel pain? When it becomes aware of its surroundings? It's a huge grey area and to dismiss rational inquiry into the ethics of abortion offhand as so many have done in this thread is in my opinion quite alarming.
I have read through this thread and have to say I agree with fr0d0, and he seems to be one of the few here who are logically consistent.
Also, I think it is hilarious that one or two posters here were accused of misogyny. As a woman myself, who has a 10-month-old baby boy, I never saw that poster's so called misogyny and opposition to women's rights shine through their statements. I wonder why that is? Am I not feminist enough because I do not fully support abortion and claim it as just an issue of women's rights and not that of autonomy? Pretty ridiculous, if I'm being honest.
Also, to the poster who thinks it is perfectly okay for a woman to 'abort' her fetus 1 hour prior to birth, where the fuck is your humanity?
The act of abortion raises ethical questions. But the point remains. Human life begins at conception. Arguing otherwise is unscientific. I also do not view this as a question of sentience. We still treat humans in a vegetative state with some measure of respect. Human life has value, even if there is no active brain present that transforms a human husk into a human being. Where is the line drawn? Where does human life become valuable? When it starts to feel pain? When it becomes aware of its surroundings? It's a huge grey area and to dismiss rational inquiry into the ethics of abortion offhand as so many have done in this thread is in my opinion quite alarming.
I have read through this thread and have to say I agree with fr0d0, and he seems to be one of the few here who are logically consistent.
Also, I think it is hilarious that one or two posters here were accused of misogyny. As a woman myself, who has a 10-month-old baby boy, I never saw that poster's so called misogyny and opposition to women's rights shine through their statements. I wonder why that is? Am I not feminist enough because I do not fully support abortion and claim it as just an issue of women's rights and not that of autonomy? Pretty ridiculous, if I'm being honest.
Also, to the poster who thinks it is perfectly okay for a woman to 'abort' her fetus 1 hour prior to birth, where the fuck is your humanity?
