Comments on: Supreme Court and Abortion http://www.sharecentric.com/blog/2005/09/18/supreme-court-and-abortion/ What does it mean? Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:19:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Tom M http://www.sharecentric.com/blog/2005/09/18/supreme-court-and-abortion/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Tom M Thu, 22 Dec 2005 01:02:13 +0000 http://www.sharecentric.com/blog/2005/09/18/supreme-court-and-abortion/#comment-6 Why stop there? Surely we can do better. The Ancient Greeks pruned their society via the exposure of the undesired births, why not us? Since when have we accepted being second to anyone? Where do you draw the line between barbaric and 'civilized' behavior? I'm going to sit this one out because there are so many more questions that are involved. Where does life begin? What is our obligation to the baby? Is there a difference between a baby and a fetus (not really)? Whose interests prevail the mother, the child, society, the family, the father? What are the moral implications of institutionalized murder? How reasonable/practical are the alternatives (adoption, foster care)? Why stop there? Surely we can do better. The Ancient Greeks pruned their society via the exposure of the undesired births, why not us? Since when have we accepted being second to anyone? Where do you draw the line between barbaric and ‘civilized’ behavior?

I’m going to sit this one out because there are so many more questions that are involved. Where does life begin? What is our obligation to the baby? Is there a difference between a baby and a fetus (not really)? Whose interests prevail the mother, the child, society, the family, the father? What are the moral implications of institutionalized murder? How reasonable/practical are the alternatives (adoption, foster care)?

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