> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JDG > Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 1:07 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Re: Abortion Cost-Benefit Analysis
> >There are people -- I'm assuming that JDG is one of them -- > who believe > >that abortion is intrinsically evil: that there is no such > thing as a > >"just abortion." > > Let's connect the dots: > > -human life begins at conception That's debatable. One second you have a sperm cell and an egg cell, the next second they have merged. What makes the new cell "human life"? It doesn't have a brain, it isn't sentient, so it doesn't qualify as "human life". If you consider that single new cell to be "human life" and killing that cell "intrinsically evil", then you can't even scratch an itch because in the process you'll scrape off and kill several skin cells. This may sound ridiculous, but with your reasoning even scratching that itch is "intrinsically evil". > > -murder, the intentional killing of an innocent, is intrinsically evil > > -abortion is intrinsically evil Example 1: A foetus is found to have so many defects that it will die shortly after birth. As abortion is intrinsically evil in your opinion, you'd force the parents to sit out the entire pregnancy, knowing that their child will die right after birth. You are thereby prolonging the suffering of the parents. Now *that* is evil. Example 2: During a pregnancy something goes wrong, which leads to the situation that the mother will almost certainly die during childbirth. As abortion (which would save the woman's life) is "intrinsically evil" IYO you are condemning the woman to death. Now *that* is evil. It's not abortion that is intrinsically evil, it's views like the one you're spouting here that are intrinsically evil. Not to mention short-sighted and narrow-minded. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
