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A DIALOGUE ON ABORTION THEY SAY, YOU SAY
How would you respond to these statements? Here’s what a typical discussion may look like:
A fetus is not a part of the mother’s body, but a completely separate human being with her own unique DNA. If what’s in the womb is a human being, should another person have the right to kill her?
Simple tissue doesn’t have a beating heart or brain waves. Twelve weeks after fertilization, every system of a child’s body is in place and functioning. Nothing new is added except oxygen, nutrition and time.
The worldview that led to the acceptance of slavery and genocide began with stripping away personhood from some humans for convenience. Isn’t it discriminatory to say some human beings are not people?
People are only able to consent to actions, not to outcomes. The risk of pregnancy may decrease with contraception, but it’s still a possible outcome. Consent to sex acknowledges the possibility of pregnancy.
An unplanned pregnancy can be difficult but there’s no other place for this new human being to grow and survive. Is it justified to end someone’s entire existence to avoid nine months of inconvenience? There’s no neutral option in pregnancy. Killing another human should not be the answer.
Dr. Bernard Nathanson, co-founder of NARAL, admitted he exaggerated the numbers. “I confess that I knew the figures were totally false.” In 1973 more women died from legal abortions (25) than illegal abortions (19). Just because some people break laws doesn’t mean laws shouldn’t exist to protect the vulnerable.
The same reasoning applied elsewhere sounds like, “I’m personally opposed to child abuse but I won’t take away someone else’s right to beat their child.” There should be no such thing as the freedom to kill a child.
Every person on earth could live in their own home fitting on a landmass the size of Texas. People suffering from hunger could be lifted out of malnourishment on less than a quarter of the wasted food from the US, UK and Europe. We can solve distribution problems without killing human beings.
The Argument is Simply...
All humans should get human rights.
Human rights start when a human’s life begins.
Science tells us when a human’s life begins.
Abortion kills an innocent human being.
Abortion is a human rights violation!