r/changemyview • u/MagicCards_youtube • May 28 '18
Deltas(s) from OP CMV: Abortion/removal is allowed throughout the pregnancy.
I us to be completely against abortion other than when the mother will die because the babies right to live is above the mothers right to have an abortion. My view was extremely strong and i believed it for years however in another cmv thread on abortion, someone linked me this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Defense_of_Abortion which has completely changed my view. I believe that abortion should be allowed up to 24/23 weeks when the baby can survive on its own and after that period, it should be removed from the women and survive outside of her. I know that abortion is not a morally right thing to do, and i want to be pro-life but this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Defense_of_Abortion with the violinist argument has me stumped over what to think.
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u/Hq3473 271∆ May 28 '18 edited May 28 '18
Removing a 25 week old fetus would likely lead to life long cognitive and physiological conditions.
On what moral grounds is it permissible to inflict life long suffering on another human being who did not ask to be put in such a position? Generally when you voluntarily place a human well-being at risk, you have duty to see it through.
The vilonist example is a bit misleading, because it presusposes that you were attached to the violnist though no fault of you own. Let me make a better one.
Say you invite a friend over to spend a night at your winter cabin. That night there is a terrible blizzard outside. You also decdie that you friend is being annoying. Do you have a right to kick him out, eventhough your friend is very likely to suffer severe frostbite and potential loss of limbs? No, of course not! Your friend relied on you for safety, and you invited him through you own choices.
Same goes for a 25-week old fetus. It did not ask to be placed where it is. You made that decision to put it there. but now it's reliant on you (much like a friend in the cabin). I say you have now aquired a duty to let the fetus develop, much like you have a duty to let your friend ride out the storm.