Personal freedom is very important, and taking away the freedom to abort a child will cause more suffering than a prohibition would stop.
Take into consideration that a demand will be satisfied, even if it's prohibited.
Once upon a time when abortion was prohibited in general there were people called angelmakers who would illegally abort children. Needless to say that those people didn't tend to have a medical license and were prone to harming the women they treated severely.
If a woman chooses to abort a child she should have the means necessary to do it. Giving her the choice to do it does not mean that she will be able to do it without considering it thoroughly. Every abortion should have mandatory sessions with a psychotherapist who will try and learn the reasons why that woman wants an abortion and maybe suggest alternatives etc.
It is my personal belief that it would be morally correct to refrain from abortion and give a child up for adoption instead if there is nothing physiologically wrong with it. I would never enforce that belief on others through other means than a healthy discussion because that would cause suffering.
There are cases where childbirth would lead to unnecessary suffering of both mother and child, in that case I am all for abortion.
Originally Posted by
ImmortalPig
Adoption should be illegal. God has a plan for every one of us, if he wanted that couple to have a baby he would have given them one.
It makes me feel sick when people try and defy God like this. He's sending a very clear and loud message that he does not want them to have a child, yet people abuse their free will to go against Him.
Also, I think it's unfair that the man gets no say in the abortion. If the woman goes through with the pregnancy the man still has to pay child support even if he wanted an abortion. Conversely if the man wants to keep the child, the woman can still get it aborted. There's a lot of asymmetry of rights between men and women, but I think it's a absurd that the woman is allowed to decide not only the fate of the child, but the fate of the man too.
You didn't specify which god you are talking about so I am going to assume it's Zeus.
If Zeus has a plan for everyone of us I would like to see those plans, otherwise I will call it hear-say and claim that those plans are non-existant.
Furthermore, if Zeus wanted that men get say in the abortion maybe he should have developed the human body in a way that would allow people to exchange fetuses. That way the man could give childbirth and settle the dispute.
Last edited by Redundant; Mar 16, 2014 at 03:37 PM.