Abortions – an article you wrote
In the article written by the rabbi, you wrote that the discussion should not be about a woman’s right to her body, but about the single question of “what counts as life.” I agree with this claim, but I’m trying to understand what you’re proposing as “life.” I think the question “what counts as life” is a philosophical question, since it’s impossible to propose an experiment that would refute or support your thesis about what life is. This is a discussion about a socially charged concept, but one that should be done on a philosophical level. I’m also trying to understand why it’s not considered life from the moment the sperm meets the egg. What does it matter if the embryo isn’t developed enough right now, but in a month it will be, and that month is enough to determine that it can be killed? After all, how is time a factor at all when the whole difference between a one-week-old embryo and a nine-month-old embryo is that it was created nine months before, and not beyond.
Thank you 🙂
This is the paradox of the heap. Indeed, there are those who, because of this, also see the removal of sperm for abortion as a kind of murder. But common sense says that in a drop of sperm, you cannot see a living person and a baby that has been born. Where exactly does the line cross? I don’t know how to give criteria, but others don’t know either. Therefore, it seems to me that it should be prohibited at any stage where there is doubt.
The difference between a week-old fetus and a nine-month-old fetus is not just time. There is a very significant developmental difference. In any case, between the black and white poles there is a large gray space, but that does not mean that there is no black and no white on the sides. I think that from the moment the egg is fertilized in the uterus, I would be afraid that it is life (this is a person without time).
*If the embryo was fertilized in the womb, I would fear for my life.
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