Re: Responsibility for children

From: Bryan Moss (bryan.moss@btinternet.com)
Date: Fri Sep 15 2000 - 14:53:43 MDT


hal@finney.org wrote:

> [...] It will be possible to extract an unwanted fetus and
> raise it outside the mother's body.
>
> Once that becomes possible, it might be that society will
> change the laws to treat fetuses the same as babies. You
> can have an abortion any time you want, but you must do it
> non-destructively. The unwanted fetus will be transfered
> to another womb, perhaps artificial. In effect you are
> giving it up for adoption. Doing abortions in the present
> way would be considered murder, and a pregnant woman
> failing to guard the health of her fetus would be child
> abuse.
>
> Could this be a compromise on the abortion issue
> acceptable to many parties?

If you consider abortion to be a "necessary evil" - morally
dubious but of great convenience to women - this might seem
like a compromise. However, if you consider abortion to be
ethical the above solution is not ethical.

BM



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