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The central premise of opposition to abortion is whether the baby gets a choice. It's not "anti-choice", it's insisting that everyone involved have a fair say i
by ctdonath 14y ago
The central premise of opposition to abortion is whether the baby gets a choice. It's not "anti-choice", it's insisting that everyone involved have a fair say in the matter.
- superuser2 14y agoThat's clever, but I'm guessing (maybe wrongly) that you'd wan't that baby raised in a belief system that says it will go to hell if it commits suicide. There's still no choice of whether or not to live. That's probably a good thing, but it's still technically opposed to choice.
- ctdonath 14y agoOf course there's a choice then. Strongly influenced perhaps, but even the most devout believer can choose to sin or not. If he's dead by another's choice, he doesn't have any choice.
- makomk 14y agoNot really because it's fairly obvious that the baby has no ability to say anything. In fact, most abortion opponents are also "parental rights" supporters, which means they're actively opposed to kids having any kind of fair say in anything even when they are old enough to do so: http://pamshouseblend.firedoglake.com/2011/10/20/religious-right-conservatives-mixed-messaging-on-parental-rights/ http://pamshouseblend.firedoglake.com/2011/10/20/religious-r...
- finnw 14y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_fallacy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_fallacy