Kevin, I hear what you are saying. That said, the government routinely regulates what people do with their bodies. Before certain pharmaceuticals can be used, they must be FDA approved, even restricting access by the terminally ill. In many states, physician assisted suicide is illegal for the terminally ill. Possession of many recreatio…
Kevin, I hear what you are saying. That said, the government routinely regulates what people do with their bodies. Before certain pharmaceuticals can be used, they must be FDA approved, even restricting access by the terminally ill. In many states, physician assisted suicide is illegal for the terminally ill. Possession of many recreational drugs is illegal. FYI, these are all restrictions I oppose for philosophical and prudential reasons, but my point is that rights aren’t absolute because they are in tension with other rights and duties.
If I could choose abortion being legal until birth or abortion being banned, I’d take the former, placing the interests of an actualized person over an unborn entity (person). To me, the right to bodily integrity and self-determination is integral to liberty. But do you think there is a point during a pregnancy that an unborn entity has rights (personhood) that have to be considered along with the mother’s rights? I ask because I am myself unsure, but think the answer is yes, although my cut/off is later in the pregnancy than first trimester. I’m not thinking about life of the mother scenarios, where the right to decide to abort should remain until birth. I appreciate your post.
There is confusion here between elective abortion and abortion as a medical intervention. There are virtually no elective late term abortions. What people mean when they say abortion should be legal until birth is that they do not want abortion as a medical intervention to be be banned.
Kevin, I hear what you are saying. That said, the government routinely regulates what people do with their bodies. Before certain pharmaceuticals can be used, they must be FDA approved, even restricting access by the terminally ill. In many states, physician assisted suicide is illegal for the terminally ill. Possession of many recreational drugs is illegal. FYI, these are all restrictions I oppose for philosophical and prudential reasons, but my point is that rights aren’t absolute because they are in tension with other rights and duties.
If I could choose abortion being legal until birth or abortion being banned, I’d take the former, placing the interests of an actualized person over an unborn entity (person). To me, the right to bodily integrity and self-determination is integral to liberty. But do you think there is a point during a pregnancy that an unborn entity has rights (personhood) that have to be considered along with the mother’s rights? I ask because I am myself unsure, but think the answer is yes, although my cut/off is later in the pregnancy than first trimester. I’m not thinking about life of the mother scenarios, where the right to decide to abort should remain until birth. I appreciate your post.
I have literally and genuinely never met one single person who wants abortion until birth.
There is confusion here between elective abortion and abortion as a medical intervention. There are virtually no elective late term abortions. What people mean when they say abortion should be legal until birth is that they do not want abortion as a medical intervention to be be banned.
Understood 👍🏽
I don’t know if I’ve met anyone who wants it, but I know people who wouldn’t legally ban it.