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The child can't control it's own body...
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So if a baby is born paralyzed, it's not a person? What does that have to do with anything?
The fact that it CANT control it's own body does not make it property to be disposed of as the mother see's fit. |
I never said or implied that. You said this:
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while ignoring the child's right to contol IT'S own body
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And I simply stated that a fetus cannot control it's own body.
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...and if you own take into account the child's rights (i.e stop abortion) then you neglect the Mother's right to chose what happens to her body.
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No I dont. The argument isnt about her body. It is about the body of the child.
Scenerio: You have two conjoined twins. Separating them will kill the weaker one. Does the stronger one have a right to force a separation? After all, it IS their own body they are controlling, right?
That was the argument that changed my mind on abortion. The fact that one of two connected people is stronger than the other does not mean they can kill the other one. |
So if the child being born would result in the mother's death, which would take precedence?
I am against abortion except for when the birth would result in the Mother's death and when conception is a result of rape, then I believe that no-one has the right to tell a woman she cannot have an abortion. I do not believe we should ban abortion, but that we should increase awareness and availability of other options (e.g adoption) and also give people, teenagers especially, more information about, and access to, contraception.