I'm a bit at a loss with the question posed about abortion in an earlier question. Why would one use a homicide to argue their point? It makes me a little uneasy and it feels unethical. Thoughts?
2007-03-09 01:22:56 · 19 answers · asked by Yogini 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Referencing the case of Laci Peterson and her unborn child
2007-03-09 01:23:27 · update #1
That was not my question, to the first answerer.
2007-03-09 01:27:04 · update #2
It should make you uncomfortable, it should open your eyes. It is graphic but it is a real point the young man was making. Abortion and murder are so closely related that it's hard to draw a line. It's even harder to ignore when the baby was 'expelled' from her womb. He was visible, tangible and very, very real. If he had been still in her womb, unseen by any human, save the coroner, they would have called him a fetus. But because he was RIGHT there, all real in an abused and abandoned way, he made his rights known. There were people there who recognized the FACT that he existed, the FACT that he was indeed human and the FACT that what happened to him was cruel and unjust. There's a fine, fine line that people are afraid to cross, here. My personal belief is that a baby is a human, the very moment it is conceived. And what is so 'ethical' about abortion, it is what it is!
Let's de-humanize the baby by calling it a 'product of conception, a fetus, a mass of cells, an embryo!' Makes it way easier to end that life if there is no dignity or humanity given to IT.
2007-03-09 01:36:17 · answer #1 · answered by The Y!ABut 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Abortion is seen by some as murder in that it ends what they see as a human life. Such people believe that once an egg is fertilized, that it is human life and should have all of the same rights as a born human being.
Some go so far as to argue that abortiom for ANY reason, to include saving the life of the mother is murder as well. These would rather that "if there is no way to save both baby and mother" that both mother and baby die in an attempt to save the baby. Some believe that the potential baby has more rights than the mother. (That's the extreme viewpoint)
Others argue that the fetus is not fully human until it has the ability to live on its own outside the mother. Others argue that the fetus is not human until it is born, and that it can be terminated at any point until it is born. (That's the other extreme)
For people who believe that abortion is murder, it is not indecent to argue that point. If it makes you feel uncomfortable, then it is doing what it was designed to do. Likewise, it's not indecent to point out that complete prohibition against abortion would lead to back-alley coat-hanger abortions as well; some perhaps performed against a woman's will.
Personally, I'm against most abortions, but I'm still pro-choice. I don't believe that my personal view should be the law of the land, nor that any personal or religious view should rule everyone. Still, people arguing the issue have a right to their viewpoints, and calling what one believes to be murder murder is perfectly justified.
2007-03-09 09:35:52 · answer #2 · answered by Deirdre H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most people consider the intentional termination of an innocent life to be murder. Some people extend that analogy to the unborn.
As murder is a legal term, the legal definition must be used. However, since the abortion debate began, the legal definition of what constitutes murder has been a central contention in that debate.
However anyone feels on the subject, the goal of all is to reach a point when abortions are no longer performed simply because there is no demand for the procedure....by whatever means that goal can be achieved.
2007-03-09 09:30:10 · answer #3 · answered by mzJakes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's obviously a matter of opinion isn't it? Nobody disputes that from the moment of birth we have a human being with a right to life to be protected. Many people dispute that prior to birth a fetus is any less a part of a woman's body and subject to her discretion than any other part. Some like myself merely object to the government declaring that once pregnant a woman is an incubator and her body is subject to government regulation and control when I don't see the compelling government interest.
How am I or any other citizen harmed by another person's having any medical procedure performed, including abortion? Doesn't affect me in any way and will never affect me in any way so it's none of my business. But I decide this issue on the basis of limited government where others genuinely believe in the personhood of the zygote. Those others, for the most part, come from a misogynist religious tradition that has never seen women as anything more than an incubator. But that's another discussion.
2007-03-09 09:34:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The question revolves around when do you consider a fetus a human being?
My personal stance is that abortion should only be used as a last resort, for health reasons, rape/incest or other unforeseen circumstances. It should rarely, if ever, be used as a form of birth control, but it should be legal and safe for those that need to have it done. In this sense I'd rather have my 13 year old daughter carry condoms and the morning after pill than have an abortion. Adults and kids need to have a sense of responsiblity when engaging in sex.
2007-03-09 09:34:03 · answer #5 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, for me both are pretty the same, think about it, if abortion were right so would be right to kill someone just because you dislike him/her, or to kill your parents once they have become seniors and attend them posses a dilema to you.
But think again, society thinks that murdering is Ok if it is in its own benefict, i mean death penalty and things like that, So abortion becomes as moral as those issues.
2007-03-09 09:48:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
just as murder makes you feel uneasy, abortion should also make you feel uneasy. it is a dispicable crime that is tolerated in our society. Mothers think it is their right because it is thier body. this is not true. we are talking about the body of a child. just because you cant see the child, makes it no less of a child. abortion is the cancellation of life, which equals murder.
2007-03-09 09:29:18 · answer #7 · answered by Dr. Linder 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
His point was that how come killing a baby is legal in one sense and not the other. It's a technicality, but if the mother chooses to abort, it's legal. If the baby is killed without her consent, then it is homicide. This is through the eyes of the law, mind you.
2007-03-09 09:27:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Well if someone thinks that a fetus has the potentiality to become a full human being, which it has, then abortion is a kind of murder.
2007-03-09 09:27:51 · answer #9 · answered by remy 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You have to realize,to many pro-lifers.Abortion is murder every bit as heinous as the Peterson case.
2007-03-09 09:29:50 · answer #10 · answered by Dr. NG 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋