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Kurtis Mullaney (FGCU) Abortion
I was raised Roman Catholic and I have attended Catholic schools for my entire life. Every year at school I have had the idea that abortion is taking the life of another human being engraved into my head over and over again. This year is actually the first year I have attended a public school and because I have been secluded in my little Catholic world my whole life it has been shocking hearing about many girls here getting abortions. Because of this I have paid much more attention to the subject and have tried to look at the pro life vs. pro choice arguments from both sides. I have tried to see each angle of the subject but I just can’t seem to get any sense out of most pro choice arguements. Now this is probly because my faith and the way that I was brought up made me a strong believer in pro life. I, myself, believe that abortion is murder and it is crazy to me that something so terrible can take place legally in the country we live in. I strongly believe that the fact that abortions are taking place in this country is a huge social problem that we have.
When trying to make sense of how abortion is legal I came across many lists of arguements that pro choice supporters have made. Now I have seen many reasons (none, I might add, that are excuesable for taking an human life) why people think that abortion should be legal, but it would take a 100 page paper to go through them all. There was one that caught my eye though just because of how much trouble I had trying to make sense of it. I found it on a summary of pro choice arguements written by Jay Johanson. One of the arguements Jay described states, “No one can be sure when human life really begins. As long as there is doubt, as long as we cannot be sure that abortion is killing a human being, it is a morally acceptable option.” I read this and i couldn’t believe that people could think this way. If there is any chance that you are taking a human life when getting an abortion it should not be allowed to happen. Human life is too sacred. That arguement is like saying that if you are out hunting and you see a rustling in a bush then it is morally acceptable to shoot even though you are not sure if it is a deer or another hunter. Some of the arguements that I have seen are just crazy to me.
The reason that I am writing this blog is because I saw it as a good opportunity to receive more insight on the subject from people who were brought up differently than myself. It is hard to understand reasoning from reading online articles and I would much rather hear the views of the people I am surrounded by each day. I would like someone to respond to this blog so that I can learn more and further try to understand the other side of this arguement. I apologize if this blog has offended anybody but these are my beliefs and I do not look down upon others for theirs.
2. April 2009 at 05:19
Different beliefs dictate when life begins. Humanists argue that it doesn’t happen until birth, Catholics at Conception, Muslims anywhere between 7 and 16 weeks, when Allah breathes the soul into the body. 16 weeks happens to concur with the readings of higher brain function, which is the belief I hold. The definition of what is a human has long been a debate among schools of though.
If it is to be by personal views, consciousness makes a human. To put it succinctly, “I think, therefor I am.” As long as someone is aware of themselves and others, they are human. This requires higher brain function, which also rules out people in persistent vegetative states.
When it comes down to it, many of the arguments for pro-life are just as bad. “We could be killing the cure for AIDS or cancer!” At the same time, we could be killing the next Hitler or Milosevic. The religious arguments are difficult to quantify, as they are based on a book that has been significantly altered over the years.
In essence, there is no real solid evidence to claim what is a human life and what is not. What is important is this; the decision should be up to individuals, it is not the government’s job to dictate individual actions based on religious teachings. If the state must be hands off with religion, the converse must also take place.