that depends how strongly both feel, why they feel that way, and how often they need to talk about it.
i'm pro choice. but i don't think a fetus is "a part of the mother". that's not logical. it's a fetus. it's a blob of cells, something like a tadpole, something that's almost a baby, or a baby, depending on how long it's been in there. it gets my back up when people say "part of the mother", because it's illogical. and i don't think that all abortion is morally neutral, either.
an early abortion is, as far as i'm concerned, about morally equivalent to killing a mouse in your kitchen. yeah, it'd be nice if you could avoid killing the mouse, but it's not the end of the world, and leaving the mouse be would result in hundreds of mice overrunning your house, so it's not like you have no reason. i've never had mice, because i don't leave food out, or have a house with lots of gaps for mice to get into the kitchen, so i've never needed to kill mice, but i don't mind that other people use mousetraps.
a very late abortion is morally equivalent to killing a baby. but there are circumstances in which that's still the least-bad choice. i'm glad i don't have to decide what they are.
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i'm pro choice. but i don't think a fetus is "a part of the mother". that's not logical. it's a fetus. it's a blob of cells, something like a tadpole, something that's almost a baby, or a baby, depending on how long it's been in there. it gets my back up when people say "part of the mother", because it's illogical. and i don't think that all abortion is morally neutral, either.
an early abortion is, as far as i'm concerned, about morally equivalent to killing a mouse in your kitchen. yeah, it'd be nice if you could avoid killing the mouse, but it's not the end of the world, and leaving the mouse be would result in hundreds of mice overrunning your house, so it's not like you have no reason. i've never had mice, because i don't leave food out, or have a house with lots of gaps for mice to get into the kitchen, so i've never needed to kill mice, but i don't mind that other people use mousetraps.
a very late abortion is morally equivalent to killing a baby. but there are circumstances in which that's still the least-bad choice. i'm glad i don't have to decide what they are.