| tnphydeaux and Waichel,
(as you seem the active discussants driven by more than just the kick of seeing a string of your own words in print)
I have nothing, nothing at all, against people who are against abortion. We have a certain freedom to be against things. I am merely concerned with stating the case that life isn't very simple and in given circumstances:
1. banning abortion causes more human suffering than not banning it
2. some people shout against abortion from an ivory tower of moral absolutes and such shouting mainly creates a headache for those not in that ivory tower
3. violent intimidation of people involved in abortion when it is legal is not at all a road paved with much success
As to tnphy's point, yes, one should not be content just to accept a practical state of affairs where many people feel compelled to run for abortion. Most people that are actually involved in abortion would feel much better if it were performed much less.
However, in striving (against for instance some catholic moral knights) to avoid an unexpected pregnancy one effectively strives for the abolition of abortion - this is all fine and well but as long as one has not achieved success in this strive, one has to see the actual concrete suffering that is still produced by all this actual concrete unexpected pregnancy. Abortion has been legalized in this setting.
The same goes for striving to provide better care for single mothers, striving for a better network of adoptioners and so on and so forth.
Our human predicament is far from ideal, one should therefore not force an ideal standard on everybody involved.
Agnes Ostic |