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There is no scientific consensus on when a developing fetus becomes a person so saying "kill your own son" begs the question to begin with. Your argument is bas
by xenadu02 4y ago
There is no scientific consensus on when a developing fetus becomes a person so saying "kill your own son" begs the question to begin with. Your argument is based on a premise that a) isn't shared and b) has no evidence that doesn't devolve into "my chosen person claiming to be God's representative claims God said so".
My preferred solution would be to make it much easier to avoid an unwanted pregnancy as well as much easier to have a child and keep them healthy, including with lots of financial subsidies. But so far almost none of the anti-abortion crowd are interested in any of that - in fact many vehemently oppose some or all of those things.
Have you stopped to consider why? For example why not free universal prenatal care and child healthcare? Subsidized daycare and after school care. Money? If we are talking about lives here saying money is the reason admits a human life has a dollar value... so pay women to carry a pregnancy to term then. But of course arguments against that say it would encourage women to have a baby when they shouldn't... but if life is precious then is not creating a life immoral? Why or why not? There are so many extensions of these arguments worth considering.
I would encourage anyone who is so certain of their moral position to spend at least a tiny bit of time considering these things honestly - without reference to "God said so" because we may not agree on the existence of God, who God's representative is, or whether God supposedly said what you think he said - which makes basing the use of the state's coercive power on "God" a massive problem and incompatible with religious freedom at the least.