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Originally Posted by Lugez
But why is the fetus considered human in the first place? That's whats inconsistent.
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If the baby can viably live outside of the womb, I suppose it is considered human because it does not need the mother anymore to survive. Thus, it could technically be premature or induced and survive whereas a fetus would not. A baby that can survive outside of the womb has all human characteristics and I guess - rights to life and ability to live - in the eyes of the law. I'm trying my best to answer your question clearly. Sorry if I am failing.
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It's not about control. It's the fact that a decision is made about the human in the woman's body. In the end, the choices are "kill" or "let live." And I'm not one to kill another human being because of inconviences in the mother's life. Go ahead, deny a human being life because of economic reasons, "overpopulation," or other personal ones. But I'll always be here thinking about how wrong that is.
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It's all about the language and the framing. It's not killing if the fetus can't survive outside the womb yet. If a fetus is 1 week old , an abortion merely fails to allow possible future development into a human baby.
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The most optimal solution, in my opinion (in a world where rainbows drop skittles, and unicorns sing ballads), would be to improve the adoption system and provide mothers with additional resources to help her raise the child.
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This is EXACTLY the correct thinking. WHY are abortions still in high demand? WHY are they necessary? Lack of sex education is schools, lack of access to contraception (or education on how to use contraception), dismal resources to help women care for a child that they can't afford, difficulties of mothers keeping work after maternity leave, short maternity/paternity leaves, teen pregnancy, ETC.
You're exactly right that outlawing abortion is not a solution. It just puts the problem under the rug (while women continue to have illegal abortions and die in large numbers from them). Addressing the social and economic issues I mention above will RADICALLY reduce the need and want for abortions. This shouldn't be in a "skittles and rainbow" world. If politicians and regular Americans spent more time improving the problems I listed above -- in fact the same amount of time we squander over debating abortion's legality -- we might have some of these problems fixed by now.