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Originally Posted by jaycee
Neither do I want to hijack the thread (if you really want, you can start a new thread, but I won't bother). I guess my main point is is that most abortions are natural anyway. Also, IVF centres always have a few zygotes left over - they take about twelve zygotes, and implant only three, of which (usually) only one becomes a baby. My other point (the one you're addressing) is that it's always a retrospective thing that I can say I'm happy to be alive, as my parents are - were it another zygote that became a baby, they'd be the one happy to be alive, and my parents would be happy with them. It's also a bit like how I don't want to die, but if I did die I wouldn't actually know any better.
Imo the best demarcation that's been suggested is working out at what stage the fetus suffers in the abortion (i.e. around the time the nervous system develops). Mind, anti-abortionists are unlikely to be vegetarians, and could care little for the suffering animals endure at a slaughterhouse, or even suffering humans that would prefer to die, so this argument is also probably wasted on them.
I think it's safe to say the thread can return to topic now. I've nothing more to add.  |
Why are people so upset about abortion and denying human life. There are millions of people on this planet who are alive who have been denied a decent life. People who are in misery that should of never been brought into this world to begin with. I guess what I'm saying is don't romanticize life. It's the quality of life that counts. Only 6% people are able to get out of poverty. Poverty is not everything, but it does affect the quality of your life and many of those people were brought here by irresponsible people. The world is all ready overcrowded. Having a child should be a priviledge, not a right.