My take on this is the polar opposite from OB, and we have discussed it ad nauseum to the point where I just don't engage. He generally sees the baby as being an unwanted presence forcing the mother to slavery and is essentially a parasite (my word, not his, but that is how it comes across from his arguments), but I believe, in this vein, that the woman is holding the baby hostage, not the other way around, as the baby is only there as a result of someone else's actions, whoever that might be, and as such had zero say in the matter, and is not capable of taking any action against the mother in and of itself. I also believe that it is a real human life deserving of the same protections as any other human life. So I am generally against abortion on that basis, and also because I believe a human life has value even if it hasn't been delivered yet, and that value needs to be taken into account in these decisions. The sticky wicket is the issue of what constitutes a protected human life, compared as pre- and post-birth. And according to science, and of course our laws, there is no definitive answer as to when that fetus is to be considered a baby no different than one that has already been delivered. Other than now, with laws against all abortion trying to set the standard, and a very unreasonable and unscientific standard any way you look at it.
However, with no reasonable legal nor real scientific basis to go on, nothing definitive about when that "life" really begins, it is all opinion and conjecture, and so my stance is, who am I to interfere in a woman's right to make a decision, which for many if not most or all, is a fully life-altering decision, whether to abort that baby or not. It is not my place, and I believe it isn't anyone else's either. Especially not legislators and government officials. And until we find out otherwise, through some as of yet unknown scientific discovery, such as discovering that the infant can "think" and feel and is fully human at a given point during gestation, then that decision needs to belong to the mother and her loved ones ALONE, not to the state or absolutely not to idiots like me.
And I fully support abortion in cases where the life of the baby or mother are at risk, or in cases like the one above, where there is no hope of the baby surviving. That is simply barbaric. Everyone in the state of Texas that allowed that travesty should be ashamed of themselves.
And frankly the ones who forced this on her, who framed the laws with zero lee-way and zero compassion, better be prepared for a rude awakening in the day of their judgement before their God when he asks why they failed to follow the second great commandment: love thy neighbor as thyself.
Nowhere in the bible does it say "force your neighbor to do what you want based on your interpretation of these obscure ancient writings and so you can win political point from other likeminded idiots."
So **** that ****.
