5th October 2005, 6:13 PM
Quote:No, absolutely not. It's a serious question. Is it human before it can survive on its own? Is it human when it's got about as much resemblance to similarly-aged bird? And how about the moral issues... do you even support abortion when the life or health of the mother is in jeopardy, or would you rather that the mother and child both die, like always used to happen? I know the answer of the right is "it's not about choice because it's murder", but is it really murder to stop the existance of something that isn't its own organism yet? Etc.
Sounds kind of like an excuse. "It's not REALLY it's own being, it's not REALLY a human yet, so it's okay to kill it for no reason other than it isn't wanted." And I will say that in SOME case I will accept an abortion as an appropriate course of action, but it is stricly confined to cases of pregnancy by rape or where the mother's life is in danger. But most certainly NOT in cases where the mother simply "doesn't want" the child.
Sometimes you get the scorpion.