JoJoJoJonah :
Abortion is only an issue because all the arguments are emotional based ones. It really just has to do with what people feel. Scientifically there is no consciousness to feel pain and suffering, when the thalamus and the cortex connect at about 24 weeks. Scientifically life began to the best of our knowledge millions of years ago.
So it boils down to what is worth moral consideration. A lot of people would save the life of a 2 year old rather than a fertilized embryo(or even 100), even though they are "both life, both unique humans". There is a line between what is worth moral consideration and what is not.
The reason why harming someone is bad is because it causes suffering, which is a negative experience that is felt. A fetus which hasn't had or has a conscious experience isn't going to suffer because there is no mind to suffer. Nothing to feel, no mind to think, no will to break, no voice to cry out suffering, it's a vessel for which a person can be put into.
It has some value, don't get me wrong, but it does not have more value than the person who is pregnant. That is an already realized being that can experience suffering. Personhood exists only with a consciousness, you have to have a mind and experiences to have what many cultures would call a soul, once you have it you don't lose it. Preventing what can be described as a soul is not the same as killing it.
Another hypothetical: if you swapped the mind of a cow and a mind of a person, which one has more value? the one with a cow mind or a human mind?
Wherever you draw that line, you drew it. Laws should be set up to prevent suffering, and everything we know about philosophy, neuroscience, and biology, abortion would not cause suffering to someone that isn't making the choice until about 24 weeks. Because that is an important distinction, yes there might be suffering by the people involved in the abortion, but they made that choice. If you choose to carry through birth, great, it's your choice.
2025-06-12 02:56:32