Comment by basisword
2 years ago
If it’s in relation to abortion cutoff times it’s an important question to ask. I’ve never met someone with a rational answer to that question. It mostly boils down to what they personally feel comfortable with emotionally (and that’s fine, but not something you can apply in law for all people).
> It mostly boils down to what they personally feel comfortable with emotionally (and that’s fine, but not something you can apply in law for all people).
Every democratic country has laws which are motivated by the way people feel emotionally. Check out this map: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_Europe#/media/File...
12 weeks in Germany, 24 weeks in the UK. Why is there such a difference? Because these laws are based on how people feel.
Well yes, obviously there are laws based (maybe) on majority opinion or average opinion. What I mean is that opinions will vary and you can’t satisfy everyone. There is no objective right or wrong cutoff hence why there is philosophical debate about it.
Canada's is legal up until the fetus leaves the womb. It's also possible to kill a fetus inside the womb and suffer no consequence for said killing.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/arianna-goberdhan-fetus-homi...
That Canadian law does not cover the edge case of first-degree murder for a fetus is a hole in the rules, not permission to kill.
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