For argument's sake, let's say, "Yes, abortion is murder. A fetus, from the moment of conception, is a human being, and to destroy it is therefore murder."
Then it follows that...
- The aborting mother should face the death penalty, or at a minimum, life imprisonment. We're talking pre-meditated, first-degree murder here.
- Any parental restrictions on the child's behavior after birth is slavery. There should be no cribs, no gates, no rules. If your new-born wants Jack Daniels in his bottle, you had better respect those wishes.
- Come to think of it, if your new baby threatens to cry if you don't feed him Jack Daniels, then you can sue him for intimidation and psychic damage.
- And if the fetus has been difficult, then a lawyer will be waiting to pounce on him as he emerges into the rest of the world.
- Since the fetus is being singled out because it is a fetus, then it probably deserves some hate-crime protections as well.
- If discarding a four-cell embryo is murder, then what can be said of killing cows, pigs, and sheep? (A four-cell embryo is much less developed than an earthworm, let alone more advanced mammals.) A new vegetarianism awaits.
That's exactly why a fetus is called a "fetus" and not a human being.
ReplyDeleteDon't you address that here?
ReplyDeleteA human being has rights. Specifically the right not to be killed. There is vagueness in when the collection of cells aquires the right to life.