Thread: What do you think about abortion?

Originally Posted by khh

You literally wouldn't have known the difference.

Of course I wouldn't have known the difference, but I'm rather enjoying being alive right now.

Originally Posted by khh

Those kinds of arguments always confuse me when they're not coming from vegetarians.

Why must I be a vegetarian to value human life? I don't eat humans out of the value I attribute to them, nor do I wish to abort a fetus that is already learning and being socialized, what's confusing about that? (Only one of the vegetarians I know is pro-life.)

Originally Posted by ThePreserver

Why must I be a vegetarian to value human life? I don't eat humans out of the value I attribute to them, nor do I wish to abort a fetus that is already learning and being socialized, what's confusing about that? (Only one of the vegetarians I know is pro-life.)

Your argument for why abortion is wrong hinges on the fetus being able to learn, experience and being socialized, and if that's what makes it wrong to kill it then it's obviously equally wrong to kill animals. They're also quite capable of that.

Originally Posted by khh

Your argument for why abortion is wrong hinges on the fetus being able to learn, experience and being socialized, and if that's what makes it wrong to kill it then it's obviously equally wrong to kill animals. They're also quite capable of that.

That's not the only reason I have, it's just a random factoid I presented I think it's morally objectionable to kill a fetus because of its potential for life as a human, (although it's not my place to stop anyone else from doing so.) which I see as somewhat more valuable than the life of a fish or oyster.