Originally Posted by WhyNot
Even in this debate, “to save the health or life of the mother” is sacrosanct. Nobody’s really addressed this, but as a culture we practically deify parents who risk their lives to save their children. Most of us, deep down, would feel a little scornful or downright condemn someone who ran out of a burning building but left their kids inside without even attempting to get them out. Yet we allow and even encourage abortion when the mother’s health is at risk. Is this a double standard?
I don’t think that’s really that comparable. An abortion to save the mother is done becaue not having one means that the mother will die with certainty, whereas the parent running into a burning building will not. Who would be mad at a parent who didn’t run into a building he knew would collapse in the next minute if he knew he would be in there for longer? I doubt anyone would.
BTW, Feels good to post on the board again. I know I do it far and few between but I read the threads all the time. You’re all really smart and interesting people. Well, most of you, anyway. :dubious: