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The abortion relevant scenario would be something like: a person has a bad liver, and you agree to donate part of yours to save her life. Doctors remove the oth
by scarmig 4y ago
The abortion relevant scenario would be something like: a person has a bad liver, and you agree to donate part of yours to save her life. Doctors remove the other person's liver, and you decide you don't want to donate part of yours anymore after the bad-but-functioning liver has been destroyed. There are no other possible donors, so the patient dies; if not for your initial agreement and subsequent backing out, the patient would be alive and could have found an alternative donor.
My intuition is that most people would say the would-be donor is at least immoral in this scenario, and many would say should be subject to punishment. Curious where you fall on this.
- kelseyfrog 4y agoWhile I would hope that people earnestly enter into donation agreements, it would be a far greater violation to subject reconsiderate[1] donors to the horrors of forced donation. What would a forced donation look like? A person strapped to a bed and involuntarily sedated so their organ could be removed? Truly a hellish prospect. 1. for lack of a term for people who have changed their mind.