FizzingWhizzbees
ONE love, blood, life
First of all - I'm not starting this thread as a place to debate whether abortion is acceptable or not because I'm sure we all have our own opinions on this subject and are unlikely to change our opinions based on something we read here. Instead I'm starting this thread to have a discussion about how people who are pro-life think their beliefs should apply in practice.
My own opinion is that I'm pro-life in that I personally believe abortion is wrong and would never choose to have one. However, I also don't believe that I should force my opinions on other people, and therefore I believe abortion should remain legal, with reasonable limitations of course. I've always justified that to myself on the basis that my belief that abortion is wrong isn't based on scientific evidence, because I don't believe it is possible for a scientist to "prove" when life begins, but rather on my personal, moral beliefs. Therefore I don't think I have a right to force my personal beliefs on other people.
However, some people would argue that almost all of our beliefs are based on personal beliefs rather than definite evidence, so by that logic we couldn't ever try to campaign for legislation supporting our beliefs. They'd also argue that if you are really pro-life then you would believe that abortion is so terrible that you would have to believe it ought to be illegal.
So...what do y'all think?
My own opinion is that I'm pro-life in that I personally believe abortion is wrong and would never choose to have one. However, I also don't believe that I should force my opinions on other people, and therefore I believe abortion should remain legal, with reasonable limitations of course. I've always justified that to myself on the basis that my belief that abortion is wrong isn't based on scientific evidence, because I don't believe it is possible for a scientist to "prove" when life begins, but rather on my personal, moral beliefs. Therefore I don't think I have a right to force my personal beliefs on other people.
However, some people would argue that almost all of our beliefs are based on personal beliefs rather than definite evidence, so by that logic we couldn't ever try to campaign for legislation supporting our beliefs. They'd also argue that if you are really pro-life then you would believe that abortion is so terrible that you would have to believe it ought to be illegal.
So...what do y'all think?