Arilando wrote:Nulono wrote:'Cause some of us don't like to be responsible for the death of another human being.
Why does it matter if the human being cannot feel pain? And when are we a human being, are we a human being when we are just a collection of cells? Or are we a human being when we can feel pain, or reason? what is your criteria for a human being?
So does someone with congenital insensitivity to pain, such as Gabby Gingras, not have a right to live? Is a newborn, who cannot reason and acts on instinct and reflex, not a human being?
My definition is the biological definition, any member of the genus Homo, specifically the subspecies H sapiens sapiens.
Like it or not, we're all just collections of cells. Pain and reason are the functions of some of said cells.
Is it the child's fault she was raped? The rapist should have his balls cut off with a rusty nail, but the baby is innocent.Umbagar wrote:Arilando wrote:But why? Please explain why you think abortion is wrong except when the mother's life is at stake, or that she was raped.
If something is forced upon a person, such as a baby that could cause death during birth or if they were raped then they should have a choice in whether to try to have the baby. I feel it is wrong to force them to risk their lives for the baby or to carry a baby that they had no choice in.
Dyakovo wrote:Umbagar wrote:
That's the question isn't it? is it better to let a child be born into, say, a genocidal ethnic grotto where he will suffer, be starved, attacked, and a multitude of other things that will almost invariably kill him before the age of 5 or abort him to save suffering? It's a question of whether a horrible life or death is better. And if you decide that abortion is better, then the question comes up of when a life becomes worth living. it's a slippery slope.
It's more a question of whether the mother feels that she is prepared to be a parent. If she isn't it is better for her to get an abortion rather than risking her life to have a child she doesn't want.
So anyone who is unwanted has no right to not be killed?
So whatever the law says goes? Was it okay to kill a Native American when they weren't considered persons? Would abortion be wrong if the unborn were legally persons?