Can you be pro-choice and pro-animal rights?

Question

At the same time? I don't think so... but what about you?

Answer 1

I guess.

Answer 2

Yes. I am. I'm pro-choice because (at least in the first two trimesters) a fetus is not sentient: it does not feel any pain, has no desires, and has no cognitive functions. This is why a mother's choice outweighs the fetus' potential life. However, a living animal, at least certain species of animals, can feel pain, do have desires (if only to a minor extent), and do have cognitive functions (once more, to a minor extent). A fetus in the first two trimesters, as much as one may wish to believe otherwise, is not yet human, and is not yet alive, and therefore has less of a claim than an advanced animal.

Answer 3

Easily. The two issues are unrelated.

Pro-choice means that the government should not be making decisions about who is, can or cannot be pregnant. It means that personal decisions should be made only by the individual, and that the government should not take away those rights by force (law).

Pro-animal rights means that people should not be torturing or needlessly killing animals. If anything, it's consistent with the pro-choice belief, because it says the rights of the individual (even an animal) should not be taken away by force.

Answer 4

I am to an extent. I don't have a problem with first term abortion but I do with late term abortion. According to biological data, an embryo in the first three month does not have a neurological system developed enough to have any sense of self or any kind of consciousness. So for me it is worse to kill a fully formed mammal (human, canine, feline, bovine) than to abort one in the earliest term of development. I can brake an egg but I could not kill a chicken. And the fact that the embryo has the POTENTIAL to become a person does not carry the same weight with me as a creature who has already reached his full potential. I find it most egocentric to give more importance to a potential creature because it's nature is human. In other words a live dog has more meaning for me than a fertilized human egg.

Answer 5

i am pro - choice and pro - animal rights. do i think of them in the same light? no why? because,we must stop cats and dogs from getting pregnant! by getting them fixed, if we didnt so many more poor animals would be killed each year in a gas box : [ ...and as far as me being pro - choice....its my damn body its my right! i think you can be both! because i am.

Answer 6

yes,,, pro-choice is a woman's right to choose,,, many variables involved,, animals should have rights certainly,,, an individual can be whatever they want to be,,, it's called free will,,, the laws provide for choice by women about their reproductive organs,,, this issue will not be up for debate much longer,,,

Answer 7

Interesting thought, why couldn't you be?

Pro choice means you are for a woman's right to chose.
Pro animal rights means you are for animal rights.
I don't see how they would be exclusive.

Answer 8

How can you not be both? Protecting animals from unnecessary harm and recognizing a woman's right to have domain over her own body both seem to be in accordance to natural law.

Answer 9

Yes

Answer 10

Animals do not have RIGHTS....human beings do. We are commissioned to protect animals but that does not mean they have any rights.

Answer 11

Why not? So you think animals are more important than people.....not something I would advise if you are planning to run for public office, but hey, it takes all kinds!