I can understand people who oppose abortion.
They sincerely feel that abortion is the same as murder.
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Nevertheless, this is 2018.
Human beings change their minds over the years. (People throughout history once accepted slavery, for example.)
Probably a majority of Americans now feel that it is wrong to force a woman to have a baby against her will. (Furthermore, that unwanted child MAY grow up to be a real menace to society.)
So in regard to the OP's question, I vote "No." That is, the woman who murders her baby after it is born is NOT the same as the woman who stops the baby from being born in the first place.
And how do you know abortion isn’t going to be seen as evil in the future, just like slavery now? What kept slavery alive at the time, despite the philosophy of our founding documents that “all men are created equal,” was a lack of ethically thinking things out, ignoring important ethical questions and inconsistencies, and an appeals to convienience with thoughts like “well I don’t agree with slavery, but we’re never going to get rid of it, it’ll cause a massive civil war, and besides what are we going to do with all these slaves after, matter of fact we’re making their lives better introducing them to god and the western civilization and pulling them out of their savagery...not to mention it is keeping crop prices down.”
You’re doing the EXACT same thing as them. Saying a child MAY be a menace to society, therefore it doesn’t deserve life. It’s this false justification that you are actually helping not only this mother, but this child, and society overall by not recognizing it’s right to life.
And choice starts when you choose to participate in the act of reproduction. Do you have freedom of your body. Absolutely, I can wave my arm around you as much as I want, but It’s assault once I use it to punch you in the face. Your rights go as far to as long as you’re not using them to infringe on others rights...once that happens it’s no longer a right. And here’s the stupid thing, in this day and age, we shouldn’t even be having the abortion debate, birth control is the cheapest, most easily accessible, readily available, and effective than its ever been in human history. There’s no excuse for having a “whoopsy.” Part of the reason there are so many abortions is the fact that it’s there afford people to not take responsibility for themselves and actions, and not use protection...because they can just use abortion as “birth control.” Actual real birth control is infinitely cheaper, much easier, and safer than going for an actual abortion. But you don’t hear any pro choice people making that point. Why is that?
And in your answer to the OP, The only thing different between the two babies/fetuses is location, that’s it...why the hell can two people have clear intent to kill, carry out the killing, and the only thing separating murder from totally legal is based on the victims location...lunacy.