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Quote by: Osborn F Enready  The difference is that one can be legally classified as an individual, and one can't.
The baby placed in the life support system, is an individual, on life support, legally. The parents can name the child, and give it legal identity, etc.
A baby within the mother, is the sole physical burden of the mother, who is an individual carrying a developing child. The mother has a natural right to abort at any time the babies life is in dependence of the mother, as it is not an individual, and nature does this on its own sometimes, as do accidents involving the mother, or purposeful intentions by the mother.
The law should not be used to try to change nature, or the laws of nature, as this only breeds lawbreaking by those under the influence of nature.
Making abortion illegal, is trying to use law to execute moral belief. Morals and beliefs are subjective on this topic, while nature is quite clearly biased toward the rights of the mother.
To me, the more just, less abused system, with the lowest cost and effect socially, and economicly, is to allow the mother to choose while the child is within her. |
A baby is a baby - whether the baby is still developing in the womb or ouside the womb - an BABY cannot make up his/her own mind.
Abortation should be legal because if it is not then you will have woman and young girls going into dark alleys and is more dangerous.
However, if you CHOOSE to have unprotected sex getting pregnant is the consequence of that choice. I am all for educating the society on being a responsible parent then - hey i am not ready for this baby so let me go ahead and have an abortion.