Abortion is an ugly political topic that even the closest of friends and families avoid discussing due to the touchiness of it. Discussions of abortion have split families and friends; even caused the death of some people due to the passionate beliefs by some people. To be consistently Pro-Life is to believe that a babies life is just as valuable as the mothers and must be protected at all costs. With this, I firmly believe that one cannot consistently be live that (a) a woman has no right to an abortion, (b) a human embryo or fetus has an inviolable right to life, and (c) a woman may have an abortion if it is necessary to save her own life.
(a) A woman has no right to an abortion. When an individual makes this strong of a statement, they are leaving no room for if, and, or but. They are truly pro-life and believe that under no circumstance shall that child's life be terminated; not due to the health of the mother OR the baby, circumstances surrounding the conception, or the capacity of the mother to provide a healthy nourishing womb for the fetus to develop in.
(b) A human embryo or fetus has an inviolable right to life. Websters Dictionary defines inviolable as "secure from assault or trespass." This again leaves no room for exceptions. To have this belief is to believe that the human embryo is COMPLETELY secure from ANY assault. So in going with "inviolable", to perform an abortion on a fetus, for any reason, would be an assault against it and would be infringing on it's inviolable right to life.
(c) A woman may have an abortion if it is necessary to save her own life. This statement right here says that an unborn fetus does NOT have an inviolable right to life and that a woman DOES have the right to abortion. This makes the third statement "A woman may have an abortion if it is necessary to save her own life" inconsistent with (a) and (b). If the unborn fetus is threatening the mother, it becomes necessary(from a pro-choice standpoint) to terminate the pregnancy to ensure the health and safety of the mother. To have the beliefs of (a) or (b) leaves no room for protection of the mother during pregnancy and makes full-term pregnancy the only option, no matter what.
To get into a pro-life/pro-choice debate was not part of this assignment so I will leave off with this, you can't be consistent with all three of the above beliefs; first two yes, the third one no. If you are pro-life, that is your stand consistently, not part of the time or when it fits your needs.
Matt Smith
Week 6 blog
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