Abortion Should Be Abolished

It's a pleasure to debate with you too. I have debated with U.S. Christian anti-abortionists before, and their response to specific questioning is always the same. They can be as dispassionate about the taking of an Afghan civilians life as they can be passionate about abortion and let's not forget the thousands of child casualties that have resulted from the U.S. lead war on terror, Surely some of these children are as innocent as a foetus. Selective morality is undeniably hypocritical. But as we have already agreed, morality is subjective. Human beings are naturally selective and selfish, in their regard for life. This is how we are and this is how we always have been, we are prepared to extinguish life if we assume that action is necessary, we can easily vary our moral values to suit our needs. In that sense, we are all hypocrites. The clear implications of unnaturally prolonging life is over-population and the resulting impact on Planet Earth and it's natural environment. I would suggest that this has a far greater negative impact on society than the abortion of an unwanted foetus. We are all conditioned differently. I am clearly, far more dispassionate and realistic in my approach to socio-conceptual issues than you are and that is how society functions in general, millions of individuals with a million differing moral view points. No one actually has the authority to assume righteousness above all others, therefore a fair society must be based upon collective decision making rather than the edicts of a few self proclaiming righteous individuals. Maybe the U.S. people would vote to abolish abortion. Are you prepared to test the water? Powerful societies bullying weaker ones into submission is a pretty grim approach to foreign policy making and as recent history shows, generally leads to far more problems that it solves. I think your suggestion that weaker nations would inevitably follow a U.S. lead on anti-abortion legislation is a somewhat naive assumption. I would suggest that a highly secular U.K referendum would produce a similar result to the recent Irish vote and as I pointed out the collective will of the Irish people decided that existing anti-abortion laws should be amended in favour of pro-choice. Maybe it's a sad reflection of society in general, that for varying reasons, there are women who regard pregnancy and motherhood as an unwanted burden. But of course, one persons burden throws up opportunities for others to take advantage of. The one all consuming global God is money and therefore the immorality of abortion in one persons eyes is the opportunity to make money for others. Prostitution and narcotic use may also be regarded with the same sadness, but as we know, no matter how hard we legislate against these things they will never go away, human demand and fiscal opportunities are irrepressible. The same situation will inevitably apply to abortion. Morality is nothing when compared to our overwhelming needs and our overwhelming desire for money. Fiscally the U.S's loss, will be Canada's or somewhere else's gain. Finally: In round 2, I left you with a further point for consideration regarding the nature of the mother/foetus connection. I was suggesting that the foetal mass was no more than an extension of the parental mass. Organic matter by definition contains the essence of life whether it be a tumour or a foetus. If we disregard morality for a moment, (for as we know morality is both subjective and selective) then isn't the surgical removal of one unwanted mass very much the same as the removal of another.