Abortion Should be Illegalized

If you're not familiar with Rape Trauma Syndrome (RTS), then let me explain it to you. It's basically PTSD that affects rape victims. And often times, having a child that is a byproduct of rape can make the child a constant reminder of that traumatic event. This reminder could cause them to have panic attacks, or possibly hate the child. Yes, it is true that single parents are capable of raising a child. I myself grew up with a single parent. But I think perhaps the question is not if they are "able", but if they are best suited to do so. Wouldn't it be best for a child to grow up with the best life possible? To grow up in a home where they are loved, clothed warmly, fed, etc. Often times, especially with the prejudice faced by teen parents, these things can be hard to supply. This brings up a big point in anti-natalism, that of presence of pain and pleasure. If someone exists, there is the presence of both. If no one exists, however, nothing bad happens to them and pain is avoided. They miss out on pleasure, but it seems that 'ignorance is bliss' with not existing. A child born into poverty would suffer through a lot, but if they were never born, they would suffer nothing. (1) Being afraid of falling and riding a roller coaster is completely different than a tokophobic person being forced to carry a child. The key difference in this is that you had a choice, I'm sure. You were not strapped down into the seat of a roller coaster against your will and forced to ride it. No, you most likely decided that you were ready to face your fears and then did so on your own accord. And if a tokophobic did one day decide to face their fear and have a child, then it should be done when they feel ready to do so and no other time. Oh, but on the contrary. It's been proven that fetuses can't feel any form of pain until the 24th week of pregnancy, which is towards the very end, and it's highly unlikely that they have any sentience before the 30th week. And, if by 'vegetable' human, you mean 'brain dead', then, yes. If someone is brain dead, they are dead by the legal definition and have no rights. After all, wouldn't one need sentience in order to use their rights? (2) (3) (4) Yes, however, the same could be said of the fetus. It's an either or situation, so the fact that you're prioritising the unborn over the living is completely valid. Either we give the right to the mother, who -- hypothetically -- has decided she does not feel ready to have a child and has asked to have an abortion, or we give rights to the fetus -- who, still technically only has the potential to be a person, and never asked for anything. Like you said, we can't read their minds. But no one asks to be born. Saying that just because the mother and the fetus are on the same level simply because they are both living organisms is akin to saying that you are equal to a bacteria cell, so you might want to think that statement over. It does not give it the right to life, because it cannot choose what to do without that right. And, here's a thing: not everyone views abortion as 'killing', and won't automatically get some kind of moral ego-boost just because they chose not to get an abortion. Also, abortion is not 'as unfair as it gets'. There are plenty of things that are more unfair than abortion. Right, but in your hypothetical scenario where abortion is totally illegal, those things could still happen. Just because they're rare doesn't make them invalid. (1) http://hplusmagazine.com... (2) http://www.newscientist.com... (3) http://informahealthcare.com... (4) https://www.rcog.org.uk...