Posted on 04/15/2012 1:35:51 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
An embryo has no rights. Rights do not pertain to a potential, only to an actual being. A child cannot acquire any rights until it is born. The living take precedence over the not-yet-living (or the unborn).
Abortion is a moral right—which should be left to the sole discretion of the woman involved; morally, nothing other than her wish in the matter is to be considered. Who can conceivably have the right to dictate to her what disposition she is to make of the functions of her own body?
(Excerpt) Read more at aynrandlexicon.com ...
Since she saw the spread of communism first hand, she had a good handle on what was wrong. She wasn’t always good with solutions.
Ayn’s concerns for liberty were contained within the singularity of herself. A incarcerating condition which will contain her in it crushing agonizing grip for all eternity.
The burden of the decision to abort would never fall solely on her: it falls on the baby and on the father of the baby also.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.