Granted, and I didn't claim IT was a parasite, only that it functions like a parasite while in the womb. Also, because we are sentient beings, we need not be at the mercy of nature each time ovulation rolls around. Personally, I find that idea abhorrent. Birth control can and often does fail. Abortion is a back up in that event.
I think birth control is the precursor. But as we know how reproduction works, we know engaging in the acts which cause reproduction can....well cause pregnancy. There are definitely good ways to reduce those probabilities, but once the life is created then there must be consideration for that. It's no longer just the parent's convenience at work, but another life that is on the line. We do not need to be at the mercy of nature, this is true. We certainly understand how reproduction works and can choose to act in ways to avoid pregnancy or lower probabilities. But I don't necessarily think that just because we can augment nature that it is then always a good idea to augment nature.
No. Might makes right is reality. Those with the power enforce their own brand of morality. Universal morality is for the pietist who believe in an ultimate Source of said universal morality.
No, "might makes ability" is reality, it does not make "right". It is very possible to use force in unjust ways, the mere exercise of force does not define morality. And there is an ultimate source for universal morality, it's humanity.
Agreed. But I just don't see a point in enforcing laws against abortions. I have had two unwanted pregnancies that I could not will myself to terminate. I could not live with myself if i did because i saw both of those babies as my children. And they were and still are. But truth isn't universal. I cannot force others to carry life in their wombs. I cannot force others to appreciate how it feels to give life to another person. It's a very personal decision.
In terms of laws, there is nothing anyone can do regardless of position as the SCOTUS has ruled. Though I would say that while it could be a burden to carry through an unwanted pregnancy, the fact that there is another life on the line adds to necessity to protect it. Abortion really works off the fact that in early stages of development, humans are incapable of defending themselves. But it doesn't say that the defenseless are proper targets. I mean, China would probably say it does, but for some reason they love mowing down unarmed monks.
yeah but what a relief it would be to breathe that one last breath. No more hurt, worry, or disappointment.
No more joy, no more excitement, no more future, no more anticipation, etc. I cannot see drawing the last breath as being a relief, I never want to draw mine (though that is an impossibility)
I am not merely a receptacle for breeding. Neither is any other woman. Sentience makes our former purpose less important.
You are not, but I am talking biology reproduction, and that is what some organs were "designed" to do. This is known. You are not merely a "receptacle for breeding", but some of your organs certainly are designed to be a receptacle for breeding. On some level, I do not understand why some people rally so hard against biology. This is science, this is known.
All of our efforts can be wiped out in a moment. Who knows what the universe has in store for our species. We will likely be yet another evolutionary dead end like most species that have come and gone over the last several hundred million years.
Our species will not last for infinity, there is no infinite. We will die out eventually or evolve to something else. Never shall we stagnate, stagnation is death. But that doesn't mean that what is in the here and now is pointless or worthless or not worth experiencing. I think that because everything is so fragile, that it balances on the precipice of destruction, that life becomes even more worthwhile. At any point we can be wiped out, or individually we could die. That, to me, makes the present even more exciting and awesome and great. And I wouldn't want to rob the future from any other life. If I were aborted, it would suck. Well I wouldn't exist so I wouldn't know it would suck, but having had the particular fortune of being born I can look at it in such light. The future is ours to write, ours to experience, the good and bad and everything in between. All human life is entitled to experience it all.
