A response to: Abortion my body my choice @msgivings
This is the to the following post https://steemit.com/abortion/@msgivings/abortion-my-body-my-choice
Someone here defined I quote “biological individual begins with the fusion of nuclei of male and female gametes and formation of a kernel, containing unique genetic material.” I think this is a great definition. Right from the moment of conception a new organism is not a part of mother’s body. Consequently, by ending this life she’s committing a murder. I think though not everything is that cut and dry. Let’s say this is a mother of a future Vlad Dracula, Stalin, Hitler, Pol Pot, Idi Amin and the other gentlemen and ladies from the list of the 25 Most Evil People in History. Let’s also assume their mothers would know what would happen with the piece of protoplasm currently located in her uterus. I think, in this case, abortion would be a preferred option.
Certainly, these are the extreme cases. Yet it underlines the idea that life in itself is not always a desirable but a conditional outcome. The responsibility that a future mother has at this fork in the road is not only for the life of her own baby, but for the lives of hundreds or, in some cases, millions of people that this fetus of hers could effect when he or she grows to be an adult. Then again how could she know that that moment that a new Caligula or Attila will come out of her loins? I think she should rely on some common sense and statistics.
I am not a statistics expert, but that’s what I got from the office of justice programs.
The Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency reports that the
most reliable indicator of violent crime in a community is the proportion of
fatherless families. Fathers typically offer economic stability, a role model for boys,
greater household security, and reduced stress for mothers. This is especially true
for families with adolescent boys, the most crime-prone cohort. Children from
single-parent families are more prone than children from two-parent families to
use drugs, be gang members, be expelled from school, be committed
to reform institutions, and become juvenile murderers. Single parenthood
inevitably reduces the amount of time a child has in interaction with someone
who is attentive to the child's needs, including the provision of moral guidance
and discipline. According to a 1993 Metropolitan Life Survey, "Violence in
America's Public Schools," 71 percent of teachers and 90 percent of law
enforcement officials state that the lack of parental supervision at home is
a major factor that contributes to the violence in schools. Sixty-one percent
of elementary students and 76 percent of secondary children agree with this
assessment.
So chances are that if a woman gives a birth to a child and then have to work two jobs and not see her child most of the time, this used to be a precious fetus that she preserved, would go ahead and steal, rob, rape of end someone else’s life. This is not a guarantee, but a good percent probability. Therefore, a woman who just got pregnant has to think really hard of whether she could pull it off. In the end criteria, she has to answer not only for this little piece of protoplasm in her belly but also for all these people, whose lives could be violated or ended when this person to be in her gut will grow up.
Just my modest opinion
i have nothing against the unborn but we can't even get our shit together enough to feed the adults among us decent food. it seems to me a matter of priorities. to anyone insisting that every viable genetic fusion is a human being, i implore you, get to work on those artificial wombs. if all of the protesters saved their breath and went to school for biotech engineering, just think what we could accomplish. with the fertility rates these days dropping to abysmal levels, we need all the humans we can salvage. be honest with yourself though, do you think abortion is going away? i don't. many people don't value themselves, let alone someone else. look at all of the self mutilation and bad diets. if we can get people to find value in human life, maybe we can survive. if we can't we will end up a barren, tatted, pierced and morbidly obese gmo freak show of the remnants of a dying species. FEED THE BORN. we are the only ones who have a chance at making the changes.
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