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Life is filled with grey scales, if you only see things in black or white you are not looking hard enough. Abortion may be a tragedy. Having to give birth to a

Life is filled with grey scales, if you only see things in black or white you are not looking hard enough. Abortion may be a tragedy. Having to give birth to an unwanted child may be a tragedy. Having to give up your child because you lack the capacity to care for it may be a tragedy. Growing up as an unwanted child may be a tragedy. Abortions are a way to provide choice to people in tough situations. We have built a world where a lot of people are unable to care for their children in a decent way. In my opinion, that is the crime here. Blaming these people and calling them murderers, or forcing them into parenthood is just cruel.

mejthemage 2y ago
Where does "providing a choice to people in tough situations" end? When is it wrong to terminate a life because you're in a tough situation?
- Xunjin 2y ago
  That's the point of any ethical/moral discussions. Is self-defence a situation that does allow you to kill another person? Does a mother who forgets to pull the hand break of the car and kills her son, should do jail time? Does a police officer who shots and kills a person which is in a degraded mental state but threats his life, be accused of murdering? Does a police officer who shoots a known murderer fugitive without following the standard procedure be prosecuted as a homicide? See the point?
shepherdjerred 2y ago
Most would prefer tragedy and suffering over death
- orbisonitrum 2y ago
  All I'm saying is that when you decide that there's only one morally superior way of looking at this, you're not looking hard enough. Adoptions are complicated, teenage parenthood is hard, what rights to bodily autonomy do we want, what are the rights for unborn babies? If two rights clash, who gets to decide which right wins? There's always going to be exceptions, and a lot of the time I think it makes sense letting the people who will be directly affected make the hard choice. And calling them murderers is not helpful.

mejthemage 2y ago

Where does "providing a choice to people in tough situations" end? When is it wrong to terminate a life because you're in a tough situation?

Xunjin 2y ago
That's the point of any ethical/moral discussions. Is self-defence a situation that does allow you to kill another person? Does a mother who forgets to pull the hand break of the car and kills her son, should do jail time? Does a police officer who shots and kills a person which is in a degraded mental state but threats his life, be accused of murdering? Does a police officer who shoots a known murderer fugitive without following the standard procedure be prosecuted as a homicide? See the point?

shepherdjerred 2y ago

Most would prefer tragedy and suffering over death

orbisonitrum 2y ago
All I'm saying is that when you decide that there's only one morally superior way of looking at this, you're not looking hard enough. Adoptions are complicated, teenage parenthood is hard, what rights to bodily autonomy do we want, what are the rights for unborn babies? If two rights clash, who gets to decide which right wins? There's always going to be exceptions, and a lot of the time I think it makes sense letting the people who will be directly affected make the hard choice. And calling them murderers is not helpful.