Brief Reflections on the Bioethical History of Christianity

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[ssnatcherss]

History is the biggest argument against religion.

[ColoradoMikeyS]

God is Santa Claus for adults.

[evilgenius2003]

Rationalists of the world: We must unite against the stupidity that is religion. No more should we pretend to respect their ridiculous beliefs! They must be mocked and laughed at.

[DreamsofMajesty]

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[deepelmdesciple]

Most of the time adoption is very rare, and kids have to go to foster homes or some other kind of home. And those places are filthy. The kids almost always get molested and raped, and then have to move to another place where the adults dont care because they get paid for it. Then the kid turns 18 and is homeless, and then the kid commits a crime and we pay taxes for him to live in prison for the rest of his life.

[ectogambit]

I'll look into it.

[artyfarty2]

It may help you to understand the law as it stands. In simple terms it is like this:

Once a fetus is deemed fit to survive outside the womb it is considered an independent being and assigned human rights, thus no abortion except for special circumstances like health risks. Prior to that the fetus is considered a part of the womans body and it is her right to determine what she does with her body.

[artyfarty2]

"I don't suppose you could provide references or sources, I did come here to know more about it". Well you can find stats if you search on "social services statistics". but I think you'll have to do a bit of interpretation. Also try 'statistics on children in care' and pair it with other keywords like 'drugs'. I did get some info from Radio 4 but the detail has dwinddled in my memory. Sorry.

[ectogambit]

Adoption agencies could place the infants with loving parents though I don't know what the statistics are on that process.

"stats for their life outcomes are pretty awful" I don't suppose you could provide references or sources, I did come here to know more about it.

[artyfarty2]

"9 months of pregnancy and the pain of child birth would appear the lesser of 2 evils.", what about the evils of bringing a baby into a loveless or violent relationship? or consigning a baby to state care for which the stats for their life outcomes are pretty awful. A high percentage end up in violent crime and drug additions.

"Of course as a guy its easy for me to say that. ". You are right. That is one of the reasons why it is the woman's choice.

[ectogambit]

"I'll just ask, whose rights are you going to take away?"

I guess that's why I started commenting on this post. 9 months of pregnancy and the pain of child birth would appear the lesser of 2 evils. Of course as a guy its easy for me to say that.

[artyfarty2]

"The thing which bothers me is when abortions are done as a result of such casual circumstances". Well I can't say I am a fan of unplanned pregnancy. No doubt it is quite irresponsible in many cases. At least now you are showing signs of weighing up all of the ethical condiderations. I'll not push the point any further even though I still disagree with your stance, as we are into the realm of a woman's rights vs a fetuses rights. I'll just ask, whose rights are you going to take away?