RE: The beginning and end of humanity — Are there incomplete humans?
Interesting thoughts Sharon.
I heard a debate a while back about a woman who was pregnant, but got a clot and was brain dead when she arrived at hospital. The family wanted to switch off the life support but there was some sort of legal battle to keep her 'alive' as an incubator until the unborn baby was viable enough to live. There are legal/ethical arguments to artificially prolonging the life of a woman for the sake of an unborn child.
Anyway, they switched her off and the unborn child died too.
I've also heard it argued that the baby, until it's born, is effectively a parasite in the woman.
I also remember someone illegally using the sperm of her dead husband to get pregnant. Weird :P
Cheers
Edit: Damn! It's not letting me vote on this at the mo. The vote wheel keeps spinning. I'll slap a vote on your next post instead. Sorry I'm late :S
no worries, Anj! Just do as you find convenient. Right now I'm away from home so I'm not able to give my full attention to people either.
Like those anecdotes, I still find a lot of stuff hard, like why would someone else be able to decide the fate of my body because of a little fetus's life? I don't intend to be heartless and I would certainly love the fetus as a mother loves the idea of a future child, but I certainly wouldn't give it priority over my own life.
But some people would rather not kill it than save me. I may be egotistical for my view but I'll hold it and defend my opinion till the end of times for as long as it will have power over people's decision to save or take my life.
I agree with you on that Sharon. People should have autonomy over their own bodies. Many of these anti-abortionists happen to be men who like telling women what they should/shouldn't do with their bodies. Pah!
Most abortions are done when it's just a cluster of cells. It can't feel it. Saying that, I think later abortions should be performed humanely so that the foetus can't feel it, obviously.
Oh, enjoy your trip away from home :D