Topic: Abortion
Quote: I agree that extreme risks to health should be sufficient reason for abortion, whereas normal health risks should not. As with most things, the gray region in between can be the hardest to judge. You are probably right that judging on a case by case basis is best. Jim's trucking brought up a good point that it is important to take into account whether the health risk would impair the mother's ability to take care of other children. I agree with that judgement. Enough of these considerations put together might start forming some sort of framework for making decisions on that gray region.
Response: You are getting to a more complicated area where "mental existence" no longer matters. I\'ve explained earlier that it isn\'t exactly the same as "self defense" so I don\'t think a similiar response is needed. Furthermore, you are saying mental existence is not solely the thing that gives you value but rather it depends on outside influences and chance.\nAt some point it just seems like the stance on abortion is that the woman is more important no matter what. This is why I claim some will rank humans above other humans...a dangerous precedent which we have tried before.
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