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I hate posting in this forum because there is so much vitriol on this subject. But I wanted to break down the topic to the core issue. The rights of the pregnant as compared to the rights of the conceived.
We have a commonly accepted principle in our society that can be summed up colloquially as; your rights end where my rights begin. That principle is well and good when our rights don't intermingle, but when the rights of multiple individuals cross paths and cannot be separated without detriment, it is difficult or impossible to determine who's rights take precedence. In the case of abortion, we have two sets of rights, a woman's right to privacy and an unborn human's right to live. Both are valid. A woman absolutely has the right to keep her medical information between her and her providers (doctors, insurance, etc). However, natural law dictates that all people have certain unalienable rights like life, liberty, and property.
In my opinion, rights should be handled by a hierarchy of rights, then by causation, then by detriment.
The hierarchy would be as follows (from the UN declaration of rights with some modifications.
If an individual causes another individual's rights to become integrated with their own, the rights of the other individual shall take precedence.
If neither the parties involved are equal in the hierarchy of rights and neither caused their rights to become entangled, then the rights of the person that are affected to greatest degree of detriment should take precedence.
Obviously, this isn't a perfect plan. This is the first iteration of my thoughts on this. Discuss.
The UN human views abortion as a legal and human right
Banning aboriton is a violation of the right to life of the woman
the reason why abortion is not like any other issue is very simple. its two lives, not one but TWO but one life resides INSIDE the other, is dependent on it and its very existence is a threat. some times a very very small threat, sometimes a large threat but none the less a threat.
Abortion cant be compared to any other circumstance of right vs right because it is unique.
Equal rights on abortion is factually impossible so a solution in the middle must be picked. We must try to be in the middle the best we can. One life will always "right wise" get the short end of the stick. anything that fully or mostly supports banning or unlimited abortions leans to far in one direction and is not even close trying to achieve equal. RvW is actually a pretty good pick, might not be optimal of course but it certainly isnt extreme, it is in the middle area.