Debate: Is abortion ethical?

[Leonartist]

Like BG said. Stephen Hawking had no problems at birth. He was already becoming a brilliant scientist when his crippling disease struck.

And, Leon, that's all a fetus is until it's born. A group of cells. Cancer is a group of cells growing inside a woman's body. A fetus is a group of cells growing inside a woman's body. Cancer feeds off of a woman's resources to grow mostly separate from the growth of the woman. A fetus feeds off of a woman's resources to grow mostly separate from the growth of the woman. If the cancer grows in the wrong way, it can kill the woman. If the fetus grows in the wrong way, it can kill the woman. If the cancer isn't removed from her body properly, it can kill the woman. If the fetus isn't removed from her body properly, it can kill the woman.

And if the living child is in pain, or the orphanage is like all those ones in stories where they cannot adequately provide for all the children? Studies have shown that if a child does not have intense, nearly constant loving care from a mother or a stand-in from a mother, then it will be learning-deficient for the rest of its life.

Let me ask you this, Leon. Is it okay to get rid of termites from your house? Is it okay to swat at a fly? Is it okay to step on a cockroach? Because all of those are more alive than a fetus is. Is it okay to eat chicken meat, or hamburgers, or steak, or bacon? Because all of those come from creatures that are more alive than a fetus is.

I knew Stephen Hawking wasn't born disabled. My point was that killing a person could be killing valuable contributions to society.

People are ultimatly more important than animals. Its ok to kill cockroach or get rid of termites, because they are a health hazards. Its ok to use animals for food or other necessary resources, but its not ok to kill them for fun or no reason.