
Originally Posted by
Thorne
Well said, Laila. I just want to add my two cents worth.
As far as I'm concerned, any discussion of morality is silly. If two people are of the same culture and religious background, their moralities are going to be quite similar. If they are from different cultures, naturally they will have differing views of morality.
Any law which would force any person to do something which is injurious to himself or to others, is a bad law, and probably "immoral". Any law which forces any person to adhere to a moral code which they do not believe in, is a bad law. Given that, the law must still protect the people, which naturally forces us to prevent people from doing harm to other people.
So the question becomes, who do we consider people? That will vary from place to place, culture to culture, religion to religion. In some cultures, a child wasn't considered to be a person until it was several months old, at least. In many early Christian religions, a child is not a person until it has been baptized. So how could abortion be considered immoral, in those cultures?
In my opinion, the question of abortion can only be answered by the mother of the fetus. No one else has any right to determine the "morality" for her. And until men are capable of bearing and delivering children, they have absolutely no right to tell any woman she cannot do as she wants!