> 1. Baby vs. Fetus
> Calling it a fetus just dehumanizes the argument.
Yeah, but calling it a baby forces humanization to the argument. By scientific definition, it's an embryo until a certain stage, then it's a fetus until a certain stage, then it's a baby, then a toddler, then a skinhead, then an adult, then a geriatric, then food for the next generation of babies.
Referring to a one month old ("from conception") fetus as a "baby" is probably as dishonest as referring to a one month old ("out of the womb") baby as a fetus.
I mean, I'm certainly not an embryo. You can feel free to call me this, but that doesn't make it true. :P
> 2. Discomfort
> Adoption makes the length of the discomfort limited to 9 months at most. Abortion involves some discomfort and
> trauma as well. So it's a question of length and degree. Considering the fact that the "easier" option involves taking a
> human life makes the sum less easy to accept.
Yeah, I side slightly more with you on this one.
That being said, my opinion on the whole abortion issue can be thusly summarized: I have no idea whether or not or how much it should be banned from a basis of morality, but I do think that a great idea would be to further efforts in curtailing the need for it.
-JC |
