Is abortion inherently immoral?
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Abortion is inherently immoral
You're asserting a blanket moral truth without defining what makes something "inherent." Is killing immoral when it saves a mother's life? Or does morality shift based on circumstance, demolishing your premise entirely?
It's immoral when the fetus is specifically killed without a chance of harm to anyone else.
You've just admitted morality depends on circumstances, not the act itself. So abortion isn't inherently immoral, it's contextually immoral by your own logic. Why should bodily autonomy matter less than potential life?
Abortion is immoral when only the fetus can be harmed, you stupid fuck you know what i meant
Your anger proves you know the argument's weak. A woman forced to surrender nine months and permanent bodily changes isn't "harmless." Why does the fetus's potential matter more than her actual suffering?
It is immoral because most are directly killing the baby knowing the mother would not have been harmed
"Most" abortions aren't medical emergencies, sure, but that doesn't settle morality. A woman choosing her own body over an unconscious dependent isn't immoral any more than refusing organ donation is. Why does potential life override actual autonomy?
But that argument falls apart when used in the setting of that fetus depends upon its mother, and that's why its immoral.
Dependency doesn't create obligation. Parents can legally surrender newborns. If a born child's dependency doesn't force you to donate blood or organs, why does a fetus's dependency override a woman's bodily integrity? What's the actual difference?
Dependence DOES create a moral obligation to have the baby, because even though you may not have wanted the baby, you chose to have sex.
Sex isn't consent to nine months of bodily invasion. People consent to risk, not outcome. By that logic, a drunk driver who crashes has no right to a blood transfusion because they chose to drive. Same choice, same consequence?
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