Thinking thru the Ethics, Legality of Abortion

Thinking thru the Ethics, Legality of Abortion
In pursuit of the truth – www.cinopsbegoneblogspot.com – Sunday, March 4, 2012

The Best Letter on the Topic by Charles N. Marrelli in the Orange County Register, Orange County, California, Sunday. Feb. 26, 2012 – submitted by Fred B.

“Letter-writer Kevin A. Capps is a critical thinker who asks the right question [“Abortion conundrum,” Feb. 21]. Abortion is the worst kind of hypocrisy; it kills an innocent preborn life, betrays our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution.

“Contrived hypocritical language is designed to distort or pervert truth. There are many more questions that expose the pro-choice cover-up. On what moral grounds does one person – the mother – have the right to have another person, the individuated fetus, killed?

“What effect does this premeditated death have on the common good of our nation, on our citizenry, and on heritage? Common sense tells us that the new life in uterus is a person, and to kill her is to defy science, reason and experience. Any moral or legal decision that counters what we know to be true should be challenged and exposed as contrived nonsense.

“Which brings us to more challenging core questions: Does an innocent preborn female fetus have an inherent moral right to be born once she has been launched into existence by the behavior of a person outside of herself? If not, why not?

“How does a pregnant woman suddenly become God-like with the supreme power and moral right to decide if a child will live, or a fetus will die? By what mysterious power does a “choice” create life where life actually exists? And if the mother’s choice is a fetus (destined to die) but during the abortion the baby girl manages to survive, as many have, by what creative power does the essence of this non-person fetus (with no rights) suddenly shift to the essence of a female baby person {with all rights)?

“And who has the burden of proof for the right to execute a preborn female fetus since there is no evidence that she is not a human person with all rights? How can we sentence this innocent life to a capital punishment, as though she had been proved guilty of a capital crime, beyond the shadow of a doubt, in a court of law? Why do we accept the premise that the life she carries is and is not a persona at the same time (a baby that will live or a fetus that will die)?

“This is a clear contradiction: To be pro-choice is to deny objective truth. Why don’t we challenge the obvious violation of the principle of non-contradiction; it is an axiom of thought, a law of reason, of greater certitude than any law of science.”