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Originally Posted by hkbajwa well actually not really. The common thread is the right to choose. Parents have the right to choose to separate, regardless of the effect on the child. Likewise a potential parent should have the right to choose whether she wants a child or not. | Except that once a living being has begun to develop - or at the very least once his or her heart is already beating - it is not a matter of a "potential parent". Quote: |
Originally Posted by hkjabwa This is not a matter of universal right or wrong. We all know that a divorce is a crappy thing. But it is left up to the couple involved whether they wanna make this crappy choice or not. This is because we accept their right to evaluate which is the lesser of two evils.
Likewise i think this acceptance should be lent to parents who want an abortion too. Only the concerned party is capable of evaluating whether an abortion is a better or worse choice than having the child. | The reason I disagree with you about how the two situations are comparable is that in the abortion situation you have a third party involved whose life is being taken away from him or her...
I agree very much that people should have the right to divorce one another, as unpleasant as it is. No good can be accomplished from forcing people to stay with someone they definitely don't want to, even if they promised...especially under the pretense of marital "love".
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as I wrote yesterday, the abortion question is a quite different one because killing is involved. Quote: |
Originally Posted by hkjabwa Note: I would prefer a world with no divorce and no abortion. Both are lousy, horrible, traumatic, and downright miserable things to go through. But whoever goes through them or not should be allowed to choose their path without outside interference.. outside guidance yes.. but not outside interference | Why do you feel that outside interference is warranted in a circumstance wherein a one-day- old neonate is killed (assuming you do)... but not when a six months' prenate is killed? |