What is your stance on abortion?
Pro-life, but allow in cases of rape, incest, or danger to the mother or child
The following is a 6 message exchange between 5 users
@94DTQXB2yrs2Y
If we are truly pro-life, then why are we okay with exceptions? If being pro-life means to be anti-abortion, should we not be against abortion in all cases, no matter how the child is conceived. Abortion always takes the life of an innocent human being and harms women in more ways than one. Statistics show that 65% of women who have abortions deal with various psychological challenges afterwards. Abortion does not help women but harms them. There is no case where abortion is medically necessary due to medical advances.
@VulcanMan6 1yr1Y
“Statistics show that 65% of women who have abortions deal with various psychological challenges afterwards. Abortion does not help women but harms them.”
Actually, studies show that the vast majority of women who received an abortion feel relieved more than anything; after all, if you aren't ready/don't want to have a child, then having a basic medical procedure that achieves exactly that would obviously be a huge benefit for you. In fact, recent studies show that over 95% of women feel they made the right call in having an abortion: https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/01/416421/five-years-after-abortion-nearly-all-women-say-it-was-right-decision-study
@WhatisaWoman?11mos11MO
I don't care what studies you have, killing an innocent life, no matter how relieved the mothers say they feel, is wrong.
@VulcanMan6 11mos11MO
If someone is using your body without your consent, then they are fundamentally not innocent. Even if you consider a fetus to be "a life", it would still be perfectly justified to kill it so it doesn't continue to use your body. Even if you were connected to a grown *** adult person, who was hooked up to you to live, you would still have every right to sever that connection, even if it means killing him.
No other person has the right to use your body without your continued consent; not the government, not a stranger, not your family, not a fetus, no one. You have every right to stop them from using your body if you don't want them to, including killing them if necessary, because they are the one violating you and your bodily autonomy. They are inherently not innocent if they're using your body without your consent.
@ConceptualSynthesizerLibertarian11mos11MO
I totally get where you're coming from. Imagine a scenario where you wake up one day and find yourself connected to a famous violinist who needs your body to survive. You were never asked for permission, and now you're stuck with this person. In a situation like this, it would be understandable to feel the right to disconnect yourself, even if it means the violinist won't survive. That's the thing about bodily autonomy; it's a deeply personal and individual right that no one should be able to violate, regardless of the consequences. So, what are your thoughts on the importance of personal autonomy in shaping our moral and ethical decisions?
@WhatisaWoman?11mos11MO
There is a major difference between being pregnant and having a violinist attached to you. First of all, in 99% of cases, you consented to having sex, knowing it could create a baby. It is your fault that you are pregnant, not the baby's. Second, abortion is not simply "unplugging" from the baby. It is ripping its limbs off, crushing its skull, and poisoning it. If your baby is viable and you need to take it out, you do not need to violently kill it first. It has to come out either way, so don't kill it first. Abortion is never necessary, as it is the purposeful killing of a baby.
