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04/02/10(Fri)20:25:50 No.8190650>>8189637 Most
of the disagreement isn't about "hurr durr abortion is good/bad," it's
about where a human life begins.
Most pro-choicers would agree
killing a person is wrong, and most pro-lifers would agree that ordinary
contraception is not wrong (there are exceptions to both sides, of
course, but I'm talking about normal decent folks, not the lunatics on
TV). The disagreement is about whether or not a fetus qualifies as a
human being.
I've found the issue interesting to think about. For
me, what makes the difference is this case is at which point leaving
the situation alone would result in the birth/non-birth of the child. At
conception, the situation changes from "a child being born is possible"
to "a child being born is the most likely event." Granted, some STDs
and other diseases can affect this, as can unfortunate circumstances
(miscarriage, etc), but by and large a child is most likely to be born
at this point. As such, taking action *after* conception constitutes a
deliberate attempt to prevent the child from being born, and is
therefore (usually) immoral. That isn't always the case, if the mother
is dying because of the child or something then there can be exceptions.
There's almost always exceptions to issues like this.
It's
strange, though. I would have next to no probems killing a child after
they're... oh, say, 5-6 or so, or at least the age of reason, and
certainly no qualms about killing a grown adult. I put next to no value
on human life. I think it's the innocent nature of the child, that this
is a person who has not yet become a corrupted, vapid, self-absorped
waste of human life that appeals to me. |