- 29 Mar 2021 04:35
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I thought up an argument that I think is convincing enough that it could start many pro-choicers on the road to the pro-life side.
Pro-choicers say that a woman should never have to have the consent of someone else to get an abortion. But there is one case (although a rare one) where that is not true.
Conjoined twins, where two women are sharing the same womb.
If they fall pregnant, the consent of both twins is needed to choose abortion. You can't perform an abortion with the consent of only one of them, because that would be forcing the other to have an abortion against her will.
So when two people are sharing the same body, the consent from both are needed to have an abortion.
Once we can see that we can then start looking at the case of a woman sharing her body with her unborn developing baby.
Especially for those on the Progressive Left, this concept of sharing should really resonate with you. Since there are all sorts of situations where you are willing to curtail individual rights on behalf of the good of the collective.
I know many of you just want to brush this off.
But the fact is, if there does exist a situation where the consent of one person is not enough to automatically justify whatever they want to do to their body.
The fact that this is a rare situation is irrelevant, logically.
My point was, there does exist a situation where the woman's own consent is not enough to get an abortion.
That should make us all step back and think.
A woman's personal choice is not so sacrosanct as we might think, if she is sharing her body with another.
The real question is, is a developing baby/fetus really so different from the situation of a conjoined twin?
One can view the situation of pregnancy as her sharing her body.
Many pro-choicers keep saying there are not two separate bodies in pregnancy, that they are attached, and constitute only one body. Well if that's the case, it's not that far-fetched to say the woman is sharing her body.
This situation, although rare, provides us with another way of viewing the situation of pregnancy.
We know it's not an 'ordinary' situation when there are conjoined twins. Well, a pregnancy may not be such an ordinary situation either. Special rules come into play, that may not normally apply to individuals.
Pro-choicers say that a woman should never have to have the consent of someone else to get an abortion. But there is one case (although a rare one) where that is not true.
Conjoined twins, where two women are sharing the same womb.
If they fall pregnant, the consent of both twins is needed to choose abortion. You can't perform an abortion with the consent of only one of them, because that would be forcing the other to have an abortion against her will.
So when two people are sharing the same body, the consent from both are needed to have an abortion.
Once we can see that we can then start looking at the case of a woman sharing her body with her unborn developing baby.
Especially for those on the Progressive Left, this concept of sharing should really resonate with you. Since there are all sorts of situations where you are willing to curtail individual rights on behalf of the good of the collective.
I know many of you just want to brush this off.
But the fact is, if there does exist a situation where the consent of one person is not enough to automatically justify whatever they want to do to their body.
The fact that this is a rare situation is irrelevant, logically.
My point was, there does exist a situation where the woman's own consent is not enough to get an abortion.
That should make us all step back and think.
A woman's personal choice is not so sacrosanct as we might think, if she is sharing her body with another.
The real question is, is a developing baby/fetus really so different from the situation of a conjoined twin?
One can view the situation of pregnancy as her sharing her body.
Many pro-choicers keep saying there are not two separate bodies in pregnancy, that they are attached, and constitute only one body. Well if that's the case, it's not that far-fetched to say the woman is sharing her body.
This situation, although rare, provides us with another way of viewing the situation of pregnancy.
We know it's not an 'ordinary' situation when there are conjoined twins. Well, a pregnancy may not be such an ordinary situation either. Special rules come into play, that may not normally apply to individuals.