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Originally Posted by davidmash
Aklim
I like that explanation for the most part. BUT, I know there is always a but. If I were to bring a child into this world I want it raised ?right?. If I decide to abort a child/fetus (what ever) that is viable out side the womb. There is no guarantee that someone will want the child. Since that may be the case, I would argue that I should have the right to terminate that ?life? as by beliefs that I do not want to burden a society with an unwanted child or to let something ?I created? grow up in an environment that I do not approve.
Not sure how this fits in this whole argument but it some thinking I have been thinking of since I have heard the whole ?adoption? argument.
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Yes, I think this raises a problem. If you decide to abort because you're dying for instance, having someone else adopt the child might be a good idea. But if you discover that your child to be has a disease which will cause it to suffer its whole life and abort it for that reason, adoption could we worse than death in the potential mother's view. But at the point of viability, does the judgment about the value of the potential child's life become a broader social decision even if it was the pregnant woman's decision prior to viability? In other words, does it become a euthanasia question at that point?