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Originally Posted by HandtoHand
No Mulan you said that the quality of life of the child would be probally be poor and therefore they do not deserve living. Basically you have the right to decide that even though somebody has done nothing wrong that they dont have the right to experience life because their life may suck. Oso nailed you on that, and you are avoiding that basically the above is one of the things you were saying.
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The only times I mentioned the word "deserve" in my statement is in "
I believe every child deserves to be born into a loving home where its mother and/or father are/is ready to take on the responsibility of being a parent" and "
A kid should not be seen as punishment for unsafe sex, and neither does a kid deserve to be punished for its parents' unsafe sex." I never said a kid doesn't deserve to live or even that they should be aborted.
I think what you brought up is a fundamental bias in so-called "pro-lifers" when interpreting things said by "pro-
choice" people. Nobody is telling anybody that they should kill unwanted babies. Abortion is almost never an easy choice to make for those that decide upon it, and it is the very last thing they turn to. I just acknowlege that there are cases where the choice is justified, not least of them being rape, because I feel the amount of total suffering it would cause to multiple people outweighs the benefits to any single person. If you disagree with me, then choose not to have an abortion... no pro-choicers will bomb your house if you decide that.
I also understand that pro-lifers approach the debate from a different perspective. They see the unborn child as somebody who can potentially become an adult human being with all the rights an adult human being has, and therefore to kill a foetus is a violation of its rights. I disagree with that, and do not treat somebody as an autonomous, adult human until they actually become that. It is the reasoning behind why you don't sentence a 5-year-old to life in prison and/or the death penalty if they kill somebody. I do not ascribe rights to a being until they are either outside the womb or exhibit signs of conscious life - which happens at the 2nd or 3rd trimesters.
I honestly don't have a strong opinion on abortion. That's why my intentions were to present my opinion and let those that are passionate about the issue discuss it amongst themselves. I'm sure there are issues I'm passionate about that you probably wouldn't care about. That's just how it is. *shrug*