jimmy eat jazz
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I am one of those people. I am personally pro-life, and will advocate for such, but I also won't vote for making abortion illegal, at least not as things stand now in this country.
Planned Parenthood v. Casey sets "viability" at 23 weeks as the standard for life (Roe v. Wade was 28 weeks), and there have been babies born that have survived earlier than that standard, as early as 21 weeks.This standard is a logical fallacy IMO. Especially since that same fetus is considered a life if the mother is shot or if the fetus is killed by a drunk driver. I've even heard pro-choice advocates go so far as to say those babies who die due to drunk driving/being shot/etc. should have no rights just to push their pro-choice argument. A fetus is a life with rights tomorrow, but not today, unless it is killed in certain ways by certain people. Let's just call a spade a spade. Our case law allows for the killing of babies at a certain stage to project a mothers rights. I think that devalues human life, and I will argue for the sanctity of life, but I will respect a woman's right to choose, even if the case law that got us there doesn't make a lot of sense to me. There is a lot involved in that choice for the mother, and it is almost never an easy one.
The young man in the video OP posted makes the argument that we are practicing a form of eugenics by allowing abortions, as a disproportionate number of poor people get abortions (I was surprised he didn't mention the black abortion rate which raises a similar argument). However, until we make it easier for this mother's to raise their children by providing them with support or opportunities for their children to thrive, who are we to condemn their choice? Until we provide these women with better education and learning opportunities how can we force them into parenthood (unplanned pregnancy rates are disproportionately higher with uneducated women).
Well said. I respect your position on this issue.
I won't criticize people for valuing life. It's a noble motivating moral principle.
From where I sit, however (and as you've articulated), it's, unfortunately, not that cut and dried.