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Why do we condone pre-birth abortions and not post-birth abortions?

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Aside from the legalities pertaining person hood, why do we condone pre-birth abortions and not post-birth abortions?
 
Aside from the legalities pertaining person hood, why do we condone pre-birth abortions and not post-birth abortions?

Yeah - you're the first person to come up with that stupid question in an abortion forum. You win a prize. :roll:
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Aside from the legalities pertaining person hood, why do we condone pre-birth abortions and not post-birth abortions?

Post birth means what? You mean like a fetus is born and it's instantly euthanized at the request of a parent? The second a fetus is born, it become subject to hold all of the rights and privileges held by all born persons - at least in the US.

Other than that...if your talking about killing born persons at any age - at will???? Then I would say that common sense, logic and reason mixed with the human conscience is what comes to mind for me...as reasons we don't kill stages of life after birth The born create social experiences with each other. That turns into family, friends, co-workers, student peers, etc, etc, etc networks of relationships.

The born have the responsibility of self-preservation via maintain social order. But this doesn't prevent individuals from infringing on other. Social order involves a variety of elements.

The yet to be born aren't capable of engaging in these experiences. To most of the world they don't exist until their born.

Also it's up to born persons to individually determine if they want to reproduce and how many times. Apparently way more do than don't. There's over 7 billion people who are the evidence that reproduction is alive and well. How many billions came before us?

There's probably a long list of reasons

And it's not rocket science that open season on born persons at will might cause some population problems after awhile. And no doubt that minority groups would band together to take out other groups...an so on. Seems like something close to happened during the civil war.

But this common sense thing reared its head in the Constitution, which you would consider it to be on the legal side.

The Constitution says that the state killing born people unjustly is a no-no. See the 5th. So if the state can't unjustly kill people why should you be allowed to?

But let's get down to the nitty gritty here. What you've posted is related a pro-life argument called "Age Discrimination". It's that simple. A lot of pro-life completely believe that the second a zygote comes into being - it is a full-born human beings with all rights and privileges. So age has no bearing on any stage of development - egg and sperm merge...and KABOO. And not only that, according to a number of pro-life, the zygote actually has more rights and privileges than the born.

So I think it would help if you expand on what you mean by "POST BORN"...
 
Basically because the state determined that non-viable human life is worthless unless the mother says otherwise.
 
Aside from the legalities pertaining person hood, why do we condone pre-birth abortions and not post-birth abortions?

Exactly. I think we should get a year to decide, maybe 2.
 
Aside from the legalities pertaining person hood, why do we condone pre-birth abortions and not post-birth abortions?

What on gods earth would be a post birth abortion?
 

From your citation:

By showing that (1) both fetuses and newborns do not have the same moral status as actual persons, (2) the fact that both are potential persons is morally irrelevant and (3) adoption is not always in the best interest of actual people, the authors argue that what we call ‘after-birth abortion’ (killing a newborn) should be permissible in all the cases where abortion is, including cases where the newborn is not disabled.

There is no such thing. This is merely an article published by pro-life supporters couched in terms to try to convince others of the immorality of abortions.

Aside from the legalities pertaining person hood, why do we condone pre-birth abortions and not post-birth abortions?

There is no such thing as a "post-birth" abortion.

Your thread is a clear attempt to try to equate the murder of a child with the abortion of a fetus.

Current laws allowing for abortion and the woman's right to choose are based on the line between when a fetus becomes a "person" for all intents and purposes, thereby deserving of protection under the law.

Once a child is born, the law is clear, they have the same protections as any other living person.

On the other hand, for a significant portion of it's early fetal development, this is NOT the case.

Trying to rehash the differences which have been argued and debated over and over already is disingenuous, because you already know the answer to your question.
 
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Exactly. I think we should get a year to decide, maybe 2.

Make it four, until you've had a tantrum at the super market you can't really be sure of the decision

(Sarcasm folks)
 
Aside from the legalities pertaining person hood, why do we condone pre-birth abortions and not post-birth abortions?

There is no such thing as post-birth abortion. Abortion can only happen before a woman gives birth. The very definition of abortion precludes any possibility of a "post birth abortion".

Good try on the anti-abortion talking point though.... well... not really, it failed miserably. :shrug:
 
Aside from the legalities pertaining person hood, why do we condone pre-birth abortions and not post-birth abortions?


Please tell me what a post-birth abortion is? And who/how it is done?
 
Please tell me what a post-birth abortion is? And who/how it is done?

The killing of a child.

And who/how it is done?

Hopefully it will continue to be illegal and those questions remain irrelevant. We should be evolving away from killing children after as well as before they are born.
 
I love how no poster here yet has bought the bull**** the OP's selling.
 
Post birth means what? You mean like a fetus is born and it's instantly euthanized at the request of a parent? The second a fetus is born, it become subject to hold all of the rights and privileges held by all born persons - at least in the US.

Other than that...if your talking about killing born persons at any age - at will???? Then I would say that common sense, logic and reason mixed with the human conscience is what comes to mind for me...as reasons we don't kill stages of life after birth The born create social experiences with each other. That turns into family, friends, co-workers, student peers, etc, etc, etc networks of relationships.

The born have the responsibility of self-preservation via maintain social order. But this doesn't prevent individuals from infringing on other. Social order involves a variety of elements.

The yet to be born aren't capable of engaging in these experiences. To most of the world they don't exist until their born.

Also it's up to born persons to individually determine if they want to reproduce and how many times. Apparently way more do than don't. There's over 7 billion people who are the evidence that reproduction is alive and well. How many billions came before us?

There's probably a long list of reasons

And it's not rocket science that open season on born persons at will might cause some population problems after awhile. And no doubt that minority groups would band together to take out other groups...an so on. Seems like something close to happened during the civil war.

But this common sense thing reared its head in the Constitution, which you would consider it to be on the legal side.

The Constitution says that the state killing born people unjustly is a no-no. See the 5th. So if the state can't unjustly kill people why should you be allowed to?

But let's get down to the nitty gritty here. What you've posted is related a pro-life argument called "Age Discrimination". It's that simple. A lot of pro-life completely believe that the second a zygote comes into being - it is a full-born human beings with all rights and privileges. So age has no bearing on any stage of development - egg and sperm merge...and KABOO. And not only that, according to a number of pro-life, the zygote actually has more rights and privileges than the born.

So I think it would help if you expand on what you mean by "POST BORN"...

Post-birth, post-born. It means exactly as it sounds. After-birth, after-born. I am meaning all ages. Why do we find it morally right to kill a "pre-conceived human" (non-person hood status) yet at some arbitrary point it becomes morally wrong because now they are a human?

You mention human conscience. That's exactly what this thread should be grappling with. Our conscience is contradicting itself by believing its moral to kill what can be considered a human at one point and not another. We have many moral contradictions regarding the systematic killing of humans.

I personally would never condone any of my partners to have had an abortion yet I don't condone a law prohibiting abortions. Most people fall in line with that ideology. I believe most people fall in line with that ideology because they would consider themselves to be murdering a human life.
Social morals and responsibilities are conflicting with personal morals and responsibilities. To me its an obvious inconsistency.

I didn't think about using the term age discrimination. Thank you. I will keep that in mind if I decide to post anything similar to this topic.
 
"Post birth" abortions, "4th trimester" abortions etc translates to infanticide everyone. Sometimes it would be brought up by pro lifers in a debate to try to "close the gap" between unborn humans and infants with the current way our society is when it comes to "morals." Anthropocentrism seems to be better strong still especially in the USA.
 
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Aside from the legalities pertaining person hood, why do we condone pre-birth abortions and not post-birth abortions?
You seem to be implying that personhood is not a good reason to distinguish between entities that society thinks is OK to arbitrarily kill (like rats) and entities that society thinks is not OK to arbitrarily kill (like peaceful extraterrestrial aliens, or dolphins). Please elaborate on why you don't want personhood involved in the answer to your question. Are you not aware that the US Constitution uses the word "person" throughout, and doesn't use the word "human" even once? It is READY to allow dolphins and other non-humans to become US citizens, if they chose....

ONE answer to your question, as posed, relates to the point where the State has a vested interest in keeping future taxpayers alive. Also, keep in mind there are places where it is legal to abandon a newborn (not to mention "adoption") --why would someone feel a need to do a post-birth abortion when the problem can be dumped on someone else?
 
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.... because now they are a human?
Personhood and human-ness are two entirely different and independent concepts. How is it you don't understand that extremely simple thing? Humans are human from the moment of conception, but that fact is totally unimportant. Only personhood matters --see the Constitution! (And see my signature, too.)
 
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Aside from the legalities pertaining person hood, why do we condone pre-birth abortions and not post-birth abortions?

Under my particular pro-choice ethos, which is based upon the right of any person to protect their body immediately from non-consensual use or harm, because a born child does not need to be killed in order for a woman to protect herself from use or harm.

With a ZEF, there is literally no other option but abortion to end the encroachment on her bodily integrity.

With a baby, she can put it up for adoption.

Pretty simple.
 
Aside from the legalities pertaining person hood, why do we condone pre-birth abortions and not post-birth abortions?

Actually I support abortion through the eighty-seventh trimester.
 
Post-birth, post-born. It means exactly as it sounds. After-birth, after-born. I am meaning all ages. Why do we find it morally right to kill a "pre-conceived human" (non-person hood status) yet at some arbitrary point it becomes morally wrong because now they are a human?

You mention human conscience. That's exactly what this thread should be grappling with. Our conscience is contradicting itself by believing its moral to kill what can be considered a human at one point and not another. We have many moral contradictions regarding the systematic killing of humans.

I personally would never condone any of my partners to have had an abortion yet I don't condone a law prohibiting abortions. Most people fall in line with that ideology. I believe most people fall in line with that ideology because they would consider themselves to be murdering a human life.
Social morals and responsibilities are conflicting with personal morals and responsibilities. To me its an obvious inconsistency.

I didn't think about using the term age discrimination. Thank you. I will keep that in mind if I decide to post anything similar to this topic.

Thanks, and I'm a few hops and skips away from the day I was born and I hope nobody knocks me off...;)

And yes, human beings have a history of killing other human human beings. In my opinion many who claim to be pro-life when they really are more closely akin to pro-fetus or pro-birth. The term "pro-life" becomes an oxymoron if person believes that the death sentence is acceptable or that abortion is okay in the case of rape, incest, or the life of the woman.

And maybe the term "pro-choice" should be coined something like "Pro-Prenatal choice", which is about the right of the individual woman to choose to terminate a pregnancy...not their born family members, friends, co-workers, etc, etc, etc.

Killing and murder don't necessarily carry the same meaning. Murder is a legal term. Sometimes killing is necessary...like say in wars, or self-defense. Or to stop a person from killing others. And there is the conscious choice of a society to kill as a means of punishment.

"Post-birth abortion" usually refers to justifiable euthanization of neonates. The justification is normally associated with the birth of a baby with severe birth defects.

HOWEVER...the world is a strange place where reality can be much more strange than fiction. There are people who believe that children under the age of 5 haven't yet reached "personhood" or that they shouldn't be classified as a "human being". I guess it takes all kinds, but I believe that those who believe 5 and under born kids aren't human beings isn't just pushing the moral envelop, they're burning it.
 
There is no such thing as post-birth abortion. Abortion can only happen before a woman gives birth. The very definition of abortion precludes any possibility of a "post birth abortion".

Good try on the anti-abortion talking point though.... well... not really, it failed miserably. :shrug:


Actually "Post-birth abortion", while it sounds like an oxymoron, it usually refers to justifiable euthanization of neonates. The justification is associated with the birth of a baby with severe birth defects and they are put to their eternal sleep briefly after birth.

There's also a term called "After Birth Abortion", which gets wayyy out there. That's used by those who believe kids say five and down to neonates aren't yet classified as human beings. So they believe that the parent(s) should have the right to "euthanize" those kids at anytime within that time frame.

I personally choose to think of post-birth abortion as simply the euthanization of neonates who are severely deformed at birth.

As for the latter (after birth abortion)...I'm going with "murder".
 
The killing of a child.



Hopefully it will continue to be illegal and those questions remain irrelevant. We should be evolving away from killing children after as well as before they are born.

Killing a child is called infanticide and murder............and as I understand has not a wit of anything to do with abortion..............
 
The killing of child.

So you are just making up words and definitions now? Doesn't seem like anybody is buying it including pro-lifers.
 
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