Here are my thoughts about abortion, though I haven't read the whole thread.
Whether abortion should be legal is not a question, if you ask me. There is little evidence that anti-abortion laws decrease abortion rates, and there is a lot of evidence they lead to illegal abortion, which is much more dangerous for women than a legal abortion is.
Now, whether it's moral, I'd argue that it is. Let's say, for the sake of argument, that a fetus can be considered a human being. Then it's a human being which can't survive except by utilizing the organs of another human being. Should any human being have a right to the organs of another non-consenting human being, even if his life depends on that? I think the answer is no. Should you be forced to give one of your kidneys if that's the only way somebody can survive? It would be nice of you if you did, but refusing to do that isn't the same as murdering somebody.
Whether abortion should be legal is not a question, if you ask me. There is little evidence that anti-abortion laws decrease abortion rates, and there is a lot of evidence they lead to illegal abortion, which is much more dangerous for women than a legal abortion is.
Now, whether it's moral, I'd argue that it is. Let's say, for the sake of argument, that a fetus can be considered a human being. Then it's a human being which can't survive except by utilizing the organs of another human being. Should any human being have a right to the organs of another non-consenting human being, even if his life depends on that? I think the answer is no. Should you be forced to give one of your kidneys if that's the only way somebody can survive? It would be nice of you if you did, but refusing to do that isn't the same as murdering somebody.