Monday, October 08, 2018

Overturn Roe V. Wade

Tustin, Michigan

Will Roe v. Wade be overturned?

I hope so.

If you believed abortion is murder, you would want Roe v. Wade overturned. I find it absurd to say "I am personally opposed to abortion (because it is murder)" while supporting a woman's right to abortion (to murder).

I believe abortion is murder.


The argument:

  1. If something is a person, then it has a right to life.
  2. The conceptus is a person.
  3. Therefore, the conceptus has a right to life.
The discussion over abortion is all about the premise 2. It's not about "reproductive rights." If 2 is false, then abort with impunity. We kill non-persons all the time, by the billions.
But if 2 is true, then abortion is killing innocent, vulnerable, defenseless persons. 

It is wrong to kill innocent, defenseless persons.

Every woman has a right to reproduce. When it happens, a person is produced. No woman or man has a right to kill it.


See also, e.g., Robert P. George, "The Wrong of Abortion" (Human embryos are complete [though Immature] Human Beings).