Abortion

Let`s start an internet flamewar. Because I doubt there are any pro-life
people on this website, I ask you the following:

How can a woman want to eventually become pregnant and carry the fetus to
term yet when she gets pregnant now have an abortion and not see the
contradiction? How is one fetus deserving of life and the other not? It seems
to me a real feminist wouldn't want her body being "used" by a fetus ever and
wouldn't want to become pregnant.

If these pro-choice women want to become pregnant now they should get their
tubes tied AND use hormonal birth control, a barrier method w/ spermacide, and a condom everytime they have sex. If they ever want to become a parent they should adopt.

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Actually, a fetus is a living being.  The word even comes from a Latin word meaning 'baby' or 'young one.'  It has the genetic code of a human being, it's own heartbeat & brainwaves.

I was born via C-section, a most un-natural way.  According to your reasoning, I'm not really a person, since I was not born via "natural childbirth."

Also, where does this leave premature  babies?  They are most certainly not "independant, living being[s]"  They rely on an incubator to act as a sort of makeshift womb until such time that they can sustain their own lives.  According to your reasoning, there would be nothing wrong with a mother waltzing into the premie ward & chopping up her baby & sucking out of the incubator with a hose if she decided she really didn't want it afterall.  Heck, even a normal, healthy, naturally-born baby really isn't "an independent, living being."  How many babies would survive on their own if not fed & cared for by someone else?

As for all this "what about other problems" stuff, that's pretty poor arguing.  It's just a way of avoiding the argument.  Sure, there are lots of other problems in the world, but the existance of those other problems is neither an argument for not against anything.

Furthermore, it's wrong to say that some pople are simply more important than others, fetuses or otherwise.  A fetus won't stop my house from burning or perform open-heart surgery, but, chances are, neither will you.  Nor will my roommate.  Or my grandmother.  Or that kid down the street.  Placing some people's lives above others is a very slippery slope.  Let's say a janitor walks into the ER with some sort of life-threatening emergency, according to your reasoning, the staff should deny him treatment & save the resources in case a fireman or doctor comes in needing help.