I do understand all that.
BUT - why take a perfectly good human being and kill them? Is that not more "risky" than the pregnancy?
Why violate someon's bodily autonomy to save the life of another?
Why force a human to have her body
used by another human if she doesn't want to do so?
If you do not see that fetus as a human being, with all the rights and privileges of that - then you are not seeing the whole picture.
As I have already clearly demonstrated, you don't see a fetus as a "human being,
with all the rights and privileges of that" either!!!
Because if you DID, then you'ld also have to agree that
every miscarriage requires a
an investigation. Which can result in things like going to prison for "involuntary manslaughter".
Since not a single one of the "pro-lifers" in this topic is willing to support such practices, then
clearly none of you consider a fetus as an
actual human being with all the rights and privileges that come with that!!!
So,
clearly, you DO see that there is a difference.
If a woman can be forced to have her body used as a life support system for another "human", even only for a little while, then the same must apply in every other scenario where the body of one human is used to support the life of another.
Since you don't agree with such things, and since you don't support miscarriage investigations and allegations of involuntary manslaughter.... it logically follows that you do no REALLY believe that a "fetus" has the same "rights and privileges" as any other "human".
See? That's how that works...
If a fetus is to be seen as an actual human, then the default rules apply. Which means that you can't force one human to have his body used to save/support the life of another.
So, even IF I would agree to the statemen that a fetus is a human with all the rights and privileges of a human, then ... it only becomes even harder for you to argue
against abortion!!!
Because you can't violate someones bodily autonomy just to support or save the life of another....
Heck, even if you are DEAD, then STILL we can't harnass your organs to save living people
unless you actually gave explicit permission to do so while you were still alive!
All of you "pro-lifers" consistently make this emotional appeal about "the human that dies" and his/her rights. What about the human that lives? What about the mother? What about HER rights? What about HER privileges? What about HER freedom?
Is she a second rate citizen? Does she not have the right to decide what happens to her body?
It works both ways you know!! The rights of one "person" doesn't get priority over the rights of another!
NOBODY has the right to force someone to have his body used for his or her benefit!!
Not you, not a baby, not a fetus.
If I say "no, you can't have my kidney" then you can't have my kidney!
If I say "no, you can't have my bone marrow" then you can't have my bone marrow!
If I say "no, you can't use my stemcells" then you can't use my stemcells!
If a woman says "no, you can't use my uterus", then you can't use her uterus!