She can decide to do whatever she wants with her own body. But an abortion is the destruction and killing of another.
Is it your opinion that she is
morally obliged to use her womb, lungs, bloodstream, kidneys, etc., to incubate her unwelcome guest? Or do you believe that she should be
legally obliged to do so?
Don't believe in the Bible? Then fine, don't believe. My point still stands...if it was reasonable for a mother to decide to kill her unborn child because a fool was running for a powerful position or a war was going on, then no reasonable woman would have a child....ever.
I wouldn't presume to boil down Blackmore's no doubt complex decision to a paraphrased version of a single blogpost. But she is, as I recall, 22, and I think we can indulge what you see as unreasonable petulance in view of her evident passion for justice.
If Blackmore were fine with her decision, she would have made a very short blog entry. But what you read there is her blaming the world for her decision and looking for excuses. And the plain truth is, if you're at peace with something you did, you don't need to make the rest of the world responsible for your choice.
An alternative possibility: she is quite at peace with her decision, but also feels a moral responsibility to use her personal decision to educate the general public and to call attention to matters (Trump's run for office, the war in the Middle East) that she takes very seriously.
As far as aborting those who would have done great things VS aborting those who would have done bad, or nothing....what's your point? That no child should be born because some people do bad things?
No. That would make as little sense as saying that every potential child should be born because Jesus was so great.
I was watching a new program today on A&E. It's called "Born This Way". It's a reality show about people with Down's Syndrome. Over 80 percent of children prenatally diagnosed with DS are aborted. Doctors often advise mothers to abort these children. One of the men on the show said plainly that his mother was told to have an abortion but she said no.. He said "I"m here. I'm human." The mother explained that when she was pregnant, the doctor told her she was better off aborting because if not, she shouldn't expect much,. that her child would not contribute anything to society.
It's disgusting that the "prochoice" community is so silent on this issue of doctors deciding which children are worthy of life and which aren't.
Interesting. As someone who has a cousin with Down syndrome, a roommate with cerebral palsy, and an ex-girlfriend who was paralyzed as a result of polio, I certainly agree that people with disabilities are often treated as if their lives lack value. Perhaps doctors are too hasty in recommending abortion in cases involving disabilities. That said, we don't know whether the mother's paraphrase of the doctor's comments is accurate, and I certainly wouldn't want a doctor withholding information or painting an overly rosy picture of the financial, emotional, career, and social costs that may be involved in making the choice to raise a child with a serious disability. And while the choice to abort should not be forced on anyone, neither should the choice to raise an unwanted child under extremely difficult circumstances.
Cuba has the highest abortion rate in the world and is also one of the most caring, humane societies in the world.
http://www.workers.org/2011/world/cuba_0818/
