Abortion Violates Galt's Oath
Posted by waynecarmichael 11 years, 7 months ago to Culture
Yeah, I know Ayn Rand was pro-choice. But she never watched a ultrasound-guided abortion. She never saw Dr. Kermit Gosnel snipping spinal cords with scissors. Ask a man to live for mine? What about causing a man to die for my convenience?
http://www.theobjectivestandard.com/issu...
Also they wrote a quick blog on Gosnel that might help illustrate the difference.
http://www.theobjectivestandard.com/blog...
I have a suspicion that women are human and therefore have rights too.
(used chiefly of viviparous mammals) the young of an animal in the womb or egg, especially in the later stages of development when the body structures are in the recognizable form of its kind, in humans after the end of the second month of gestation. " And that "female" you refer to is the mother of that fetus (child). Abortion is murder.
If these economic and legal uncertainties were removed, females and mothers would have an incentive to carry to term, reduce, if not eliminate late term abortions.
Further, I am a mother, and I support up to 16 week voluntary abortions and the morning after pill; you can call me female if you like, but it does not change the rational fact that I am a mother, and I own myself more than I have an obligation to a fetus.
There have been court cases about medical circumstances mothers or babies life. Actually, courts have come down on both sides, which is absurd. I own myself. No one has the right to make decisions regarding my person just because I may carry a fertilized egg.
Regarding late 2nd term and 3rd term abortions, I believe that is murder because it is proven that the fetus can live outside the mother's womb.
My personal view of abortion is each State should have the choice of the laws as this is not a Federal issue. That way each State could determine the morals(see my other posts about my view on morals) and people could determine if they wanted to live in that State by those laws or move to another. E Pluribus Unum is this country's motto, but too many want the entire country to be exactly alike instead of finding strength in differences. Everything the same leads to stagnation, stagnation to decay........and boy is this country decaying now.
It is hard sometimes for one person to consolidate all their beliefs into one(by this I mean when dealing with isms you tend to support some of the ism while rejecting other parts of the same ism) and this is one of those cases. The woman has a right to her body, the baby has a right to life, both of them cannot be true. The woman can speak for herself, the baby cannot, but others speak for the baby. Who's view is more important? Surely the baby is the most effected, but the woman is close behind. Perhaps abortions should be legal until the child is 18...but no, few would make it out of their teenage years then.
This is why the U.S. was set up the way it was. A State says, "You weirdos can do what you want there, but we are not doing it here." But, if 3/4 of the States decide, "Hey, this really really does make sense to most everyone so we'll amend the Constitution," then the others must relent. As the issue stands now, one side almost gets it complete way and the other is denied almost anything. Would it not be fairer to everyone's views?
All that said, I completely support your right to morally disagree with me. Now let's go play devil's advocate and stir up a hornet's nest in the immigration topic lol ;D
Yes. Rand said we should value the actual over the potential. Today we know much more about the viability of babies aborted in late term. I am in agreement with your position, for what it is worth, coming from a man... Abortion should not be used for birth control, and late term abortions are infanticide.
Frankly, except for rape, incest, and risk of death to the mother, all should be carried to term and if unwanted put up for adoption. But that's my preference... My moral code is not accepted by all.
How do you feel about the morning after pill?
Also this Goznel case, is so atrocious it should give all, reason to examine their positions very carefully. I do believe he went way over the line in both moral and legal terms.
so, by your reasoning, those with very rare blood types, should be forced to give blood, because if they don't someone who needs that blood may die. They are committing murder. What if a doctor refuses to treat a patient and they die. Are they murderers?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/leonard-pe...
The problem is: requiring a host to be viable. the host choice does not stop at conception. that's bull shit
From your "logic" I will then make the case that if the mother cannot support herself financially, then the state has the obligation to feed the mother to keep the fetus alive!!! oh, and you should go to prison for ejaculating without keeping the sperm alive-it's potential life!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUspLVStP...