Abortion before the third trimester is the shizz!!!

Hello PolicyDeabteGod, thanks for the political compliment. I agree with many of your points. 1.I do not contest that making abortion illegal would increase crime rates because of the increased amount of impoverished children 2. I do not like government regulation... of anything 3. I agree a woman has the right to do what she wishes with her body 4. Rape victims did not agree to let the child use her body and thus may have an abortion It is for these reasons that I do not believe that abortion should be made illegal. I, do, however, draw a distinction, as you should if you are a libertarian, between legal and moral actions. Lying is immoral, but we to a large degree have the right to lie, etc. If you wish to debate on the legality of abortion, then Im sorry I am not your man. If you wish to continue this argument from a moral standpoint, then we can debate something. However, I believe that most of your arguments rest on a consequentialist ethical views, which I do not use at all in my opinions. Consequentialism, more or less, says that its is the ends of an action, whether it produces good results, that make an act good, not the intentions. The problem with this line of thinking in abortion is that it justifies late or partial birth abortions, so long as they do not "impoverish the mother" or "ruin the lives of those around her". However, I do not believe you think killing a perfectly viable fetus just before birth is ok. Thus, we must approach this argument in a rights-based manner. Im going to assume that you believe it is wrong to end the life of the fetus IF IT WERE A HUMAN BEING. If not, then say so in your next turn and we can discuss this. However, your best point is that you do not consider the fetus a human being. My question to that point is this, at what point does someone magically acquire rights? Its as if they simply fall out of the sky, or bloodstream in this case, at some magical point X and then its wrong to kill the fetus. A fetus is a stage of human development; I think we can all agree on this point, unless you think you were not a fetus at some point. Childhood and adolescence and adulthood are also stages in human development. Why can we kill fetuses and not other people? After all, ending the life of a two year old might allow a single mother to go back to school and "make something of herself". But wait, you say, that not the same thing at all! The two year old isn't attached to the mother! Here is where I think we must broaden our thinking and use our logic. What is the point of the fetuses' attachment to the mother? answer: THE MOTEHR IS PROVIDING THE CHILD WITH SERVICES IT NEEDS TO GROW AND SURVIVE guess what? 2 year olds are also helpless to survive without a mother or surrogate mother or provider of some sort. They cannot survive on their own; they completely rely on others to make it. Thus, I contend that even if you do not consider the fetus a child, it is still morally reprehensible. I do not speak in terms of black and white because I realize everyones situation is different. I hesitate to call some things "right" and others "wrong"; however, I believe it is not just a neutral act to have an abortion. Even the life of a potential human is worth much.