<< If it's not wrong to kill an unborn child, then why isn't it equally "not wrong" to kill a child once it is born, or at any time of the mother's own choosing? >>
I think that's an important question. The infanticide question.
But I have a a sort of adjacent question for you, bland.
You've asked a question about "a child."
Do you consider a fertilized egg a child?
Well, two questions:
Do you oppose RU486?
Oh, okay, three questions:
You feel abortion can "be justified under various circumstances," so I'm asking if there are any circumstances under which it is "justified" for a mother to, a half hour after the baby is born (in your example) kill her baby.
(By "justified" I don't mean emotionally understandable, etc.)
The reason I ask this is to try to pinpoint with this hypothetical question where lies, in your mind, the difference between the embryo or fetus you think, under certain circumstances, it is justified to abort, and the infant it isn't. |
