Especially for those against abortion, if you knew that another Saddam Hussein was about to be born, would it be a sin to abort the fetus?
2007-02-19 01:40:08 · 8 answers · asked by Lou 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
If you're looking for a hypothetical example to get anti-abortion zealots to change their thinking, this is not it. There is absolutely NO way to know that a fetus will grow up to be evil. A better hypotetical would be this:
Suppose you determine that a fetus is acephalic-- without a cerebral cortex. It cannot survive outside the womb, and if it did, it would be incapable of thought. Why not abort it rather than make a woman go through labor for nothing? Would you allow an exception then?
It seems like a no-brainer, but I couldn't get the zealots to go along with that. Not even to save the life of the woman! They would force her to deliver a baby that would die anyway, at the cost of her own life!
2007-02-19 01:49:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is impossible to know if an unborn baby will become a Hitler or an Albert Einstein. There is no way to know. It all depends on whether or not you see the unborn baby as a human being or an animal. Conservative Republicans tend to be anti-abortion and Democrats tend to be pro-abortion. I believe we all have a right to life otherwise you wouldn't be here right now (something to thank your parents for).
So, in your scenario - if we knew that a Saddam Hussein was to be born - somehow like in the Twilight Zone - then I don't think it would be good to abort him. I think a better approach at giving him a better life like a child in the United States where he would be educated and not taught to hate a certain racial group. I believe that humans are greatly influenced by what is around them. Just my opinion.
2007-02-19 09:47:53 · answer #2 · answered by Paul 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here's the thing...nature abhors a vacuum. If it wasn't Saddam Hussein, it would have been some other petty tin-pot dictator, so your question fails the test of logic unless you're supposing that anyone born in the Middle East who might have the ability to become a fascist oppressor needs to be aborted before birth. You aren't acctually saying that, are you?
2007-02-19 09:49:15 · answer #3 · answered by Annoying American 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
Every baby born has the potential for great good or evil,you'd abort many Mother Theressa's trying to prevent one Saddam.
2007-02-19 09:47:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, because evil isnt born, evil is raised. Do you think Hussein would have turned out like he did if he grew up w/ some christian family in America? Of course not.
2007-02-19 09:46:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Not that it would be possible to predict such a thing, but yes, I think that it would be to benefit of everyone else if such a fetus were aborted. By the way, I'm pro-choice and proud of it!:)
2007-02-19 09:45:14 · answer #6 · answered by tangerine 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Sometimes you need to experience evil to understand and appreciate goodness. No it would not be okay.
2007-02-19 09:46:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
this is a stupid question
2007-02-19 09:44:51 · answer #8 · answered by BigD 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋