Supreme Court Overturns Roe vs. Wade

Re:Supreme Court Overturns Roe vs. Wade by camhart on Friday June 24, 2022 @02:24PM (#31867147)

If you were raped, and it wasn't your choice, then yes I agree there's an argument that you should have the legal right to decide for yourself what the moral/ethical thing to do is.

But if you instead put the baby in your uterus, of your own free will and choice, you are responsible for it.

Rape accounts for less than 0.5% of abortions. While it's important to consider, it doesn't remove the responsibility in the other 99.5%.

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Re:Supreme Court Overturns Roe vs. Wade by hackyhacky on Friday June 24, 2022 @02:50PM (#31867591)

I acknowledge that a person is responsible for what happens in their own body. The key point is that getting an abortion IS taking responsibility, not its abdication. If you are pregnant and do not want to give birth, getting an abortion is the only responsible choice. It would be far more negligent to give birth, risking additional medical complications, and bringing an unwanted person into the world.

I am under no more ethical obligation to preserve the life of a fetus in me than I am to preserve the life of an intestinal parasite that I've ingested.

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