Post by Neo Nibu on Jun 21, 2008 18:10:54 GMT -5
In my opinion, the anti-abortion folks are trying to legislate religion. Saying a fetus has a "soul" is a religious/moral statement.
I totally disagree, many non-religious people including myself have a problem with abortion. I personally believe the child should have just as much rights as the mother.
The argument that a fetus is "a life" needs some scrutiny. How are you defining "life"? Would that definition apply to an egg right after it's been fertilized? I have a hard time thinking of a fertilized egg as having the same rights as a person. Furthermore, some forms of birth control work by not allowing the fertilized egg to implant inside the mother's womb. Are these forms of birth control actually murdering a fetus? What about when a couple uses birth control that inhibits the sperm from reaching the egg, for example a condom? Isn't that condom keeping a life from getting a toehold?
I think your spliting hairs here, honestly. Body fluids really don't count as people to me and 99% of those who against abortion. I feel once the fetus begins to grow, it should be considered a life.
However, after saying all that, I am in fact 'pro-choice' merely because weather it's legal or not people are gonna have them. And back ally abortions are just fucked up and unsafe. The main reason it was legalized to begin with is because of back ally abortions.
Although those who do have abortions are murders and inhuman savages in my eyes.
