Matt

I think it would help both sides of the debate about abortion if they understood that the reproductive system was not designed to easily submit to morals. It was designed to perpetuate life, and given how powerful not just humans, but other mammals are in the biosphere, I think it did a damn good job. Evolution doesnt care about your feelings, just your continued existence. There is no easy answer, no answer that will make us all feel warm and fuzzy, no answer that gives equal protection to both the women and the unborn baby. In the end the mother comes first and not the child. Not because its right, not because its fair, not because its the answer, but because we havent got a choice. Its the best option available to us. We cannot give the child rights without taking away part of the mother’s agency. Its not possible. I struggled for a long time before I reached this point. I fought to find a way to to make myself happy with my conclusion. I agonized over whether a child that had not only a mother, but a father, could be terminated without that father’s consent. I worried that we were creating a world where one class of human being, by virtue of a physical, biological characteristic they had no control over, their status as unborn/developing, did not have basic human rights. I felt the ...