First, I never claimed a linear relationship. Second, I think I've clearly said age is not the only factor. One can attempt an argument like yours about anything if one factor is isolated from the others. So, I consider your attempted argument invalid.
OK. Am I allowed to ask you about factors that were not part of your argument?
You asked, and I gave you my response. So I don´t know why you even ask what you are allowed to (particularly since I am not in the position to forbid you anything, anyway).
That you don´t like my response and/or disagree with it is different issue.
Sure. You've answered the question.
So what´s your problem? What do you want from me?
And that's how it was initially posed - as a question. I will requote my initial response to you from post #13, "It's good you would offer some guidance, but "teenage" could mean anything from 13 to 19. Do you really think all ages should be left to make significant life decisions?"
"Do you
really think...?" in response to a post in which that which you asked hasn´t even been the topic.
Given what I said above, why did you assume it was something other than a question? That I was proposing a criteria?
Sure. Why would you introduce a, err, criteria if you don´t think it´s a relevant criteria?
Just because I have arrived at an answer doesn't mean I never considered the question. Your accusation of how I came to be where I am is inaccurate.
I didn´t say anything about how you came to be where you are. I merely described where you are now. And I didn´t accuse you of anything. I even asked you to correct me if my assumptions were wrong.
Where did I ever say they were? Not for a moment would I ever consider our approaches comparable.
Cool, so we agree that they aren´t.
Of course, this puts certain limits to a meaningful exchange of thoughts.
If I was asked, I would give advice. And age would indeed be a factor in how I respond. With a 13-yr-old my first question would be who is her guardian. With an older woman I would first ask if she would be willing to talk to a counselor I know.
Am I right in assuming that this "counselor you know" shares your principal rejection of abortion as a viable option?
Telling her abortion is wrong would not be my first words. And you can see the evidence of that in my first post in this thread. In post #4 counseling is one of the first things I mention.
I don´t recall saying anything about what your first words would be.
I was talking about the fact that abortion wouldn´t be an option for you, under any circumstances (and again, please correct me if I am wrong).
I am not pointing all this out to accuse you of anything. I am pointing it out in order to show that for you there is only one moral option (carrying out the pregnancy) - regardless of age or whatever other factors and criteria.
While I would have to form an opinion based on countless factors and criteria, some of which have to do with the attitude of my daughter. Whether and what I would advise her and/or whether and which decision I would make myself would be the
result of these common considerations.
That´s exactly why I worded my first post as I did, with the emphases I did. And that´s exactly why I didn´t and don´t consider the exact age to be a particularly significant criterium for the way I would go about things.
Thus, since the exact age isn´t a viable criterium for you and it isn´t for me (albeit for different reasons) I do not see much point for us to discuss the relevance of the exact age.
So thanks for trying to help by offering a criterium that isn´t yours but of which you assumed it could be relevant for my consideration.