“Abortion is wrong. Some draw a finer line at saving the life of the mother...what do you say then, FRiend?”
That is a horrible situation to be put in. It is similar to separating conjoined twins where they must be separated for either one of them to survive. My take on this:
- this is a treatment where the INTENT is to save a life, not kill a life. Abortion’s intent is to kill a life, in order to make life less inconvenient for a woman.
- a treatment needs to happen, regardless of the outcome of the treatment, because only the act of treatment can save any life. If no treatment, no life, since both mother and child die.
- every treatment is unique, but in the treatment, perhaps the baby could be extracted safely. If not possible, the mother needs to be separated from the child for any possibility of her surviving.
- all treatments have risk. Death during separation is the risk due to limits in technology. In the olden days, both mother and child would die anyway. In the future, nobody dies!
Basically, I do NOT see the act of saving life as abortion. Am I wrong? Does it matter?
In the grand scheme of things, the ONLY thing that really matters if whether or not we value innocent life. Everything is trivial — including economic philosophies.
History tells us that non-capitalist economies such as Communism put LESS emphasis on individual lives, thus they are more evil. In capitalism, where individual is supreme and has FREE WILL! Capitalism has its dark sides, but it is blindingly brighter than any other system out there.
I think you have expressed the issue with great wisdom.
I am not a great fan of medical intervention- in the old days God made the selections because we humans had few options.
Things are more complicated now, and primativists are not held in high esteem.
Your pro-life continuum through the issues is the right path, IMHO.