Um no, again your logic is flawed.
Instead of saying that my logic is flawed, please show how.
Do I think they should be compelled to donate their marrow? No.
At least we can agree on that.
However, as I said, there are alternatives.
Like?
And seriously "house a fetus"? This shows your lack of empathy on a myriad of levels.
No, I'm just not using any flowery, emotional rhetoric as I normally don't when discussing this topic. Aside from that, that's exactly what a womb is for.
And honestly in point of fact my question is part of the point. Would you donate that marrow?
It depends on who needed it, honestly. If it was a friend, relative, or someone else that meant something to me, I would hardly hesitate. If it were a total stranger, I would have to consider it a bit more carefully, though, in the end, I would probably donate
because I can, on occasion, display at least a modicum of empathy, which I know is contrary to the usual atheist stereotypes.
I think you'd find that the VAST majority of people would side with saving the human life over killing it or letting it die.
That's great, and if true, speaks worlds about humanity in general. But, again, this is beside the point. One shouldn't be compelled to do so.
Of course the pro-abort crowd...
I think you will find it extremely difficult to find someone, at least here on these boards, who is actually a "pro-abort." What we are is
pro-choice. There is a difference, but I can hardly expect you to recognize it.
... have so dehumanized the baby to the point that most of the general public doesn't even see them as a human life.
I think most of the general public sees a fetus as a human life. I'm not sure if the majority would consider them
human beings or
persons, which I know is central to the argument of some. For my position, it doesn't matter whether the fetus is considered a person or not. To me, this is an issue that deals greatly with bodily integrity and not being able to force someone to use their body against their will.
BTW, fetus is Latin for baby.
According to Wikipedia, fetus is derived from the Latin word
fētus which translated means offspring, bringing forth, hatching of young.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetus#cite_note-2
Though, nice emotional appeal.
And since we're talking about "housing a baby and sustaining its life" when is the cut off for you?
When the fetus is viable outside the womb.
When they're old enough to take care of themselves? I mean, come on, if we follow your logic, then you should be able to "abort" a child so long as you're sustaining their life right?
Please explain how you conclude this from my logic.