How is a 3 day old baby not protected? We have laws that protect against harm to anyone regardless of age.SJConspirator » 25 Jun 2022, 8:00 pm » wrote: ↑
if it is the duty of the state to protect the unborn, why is this duty abdicated the moment the baby is Born? Is a 3 day old no less innocent and vulnerable than a Fetus?
Vegas » 25 Jun 2022, 9:52 pm » wrote: ↑ How is a 3 day old baby not protected? We have laws that protect against harm to anyone regardless of age.
SJConspirator » 25 Jun 2022, 10:31 pm » wrote: ↑ Protect means shelter them in an orphanage. Of course it’s not legal to kill them.
Vegas » 25 Jun 2022, 11:07 pm » wrote: ↑ If nobody claimed a newborn, the state would put them in a place where they would be safe. I guess I am not understanding the question.
SJConspirator » 25 Jun 2022, 8:00 pm » wrote: ↑ The unborn should be protected, no doubt. But is it the duty of the state to protect the unborn, or the duty of the mother and immediate Family?
If the duty of the state is to dictate to a woman she must nanny, that is literally a nanny state.
if it is the duty of the state to protect the unborn, why is this duty abdicated the moment the baby is Born? Is a 3 day old no less innocent and vulnerable than a Fetus?
SJConspirator » 25 Jun 2022, 8:00 pm » wrote: ↑ The unborn should be protected, no doubt. But is it the duty of the state to protect the unborn, or the duty of the mother and immediate Family?
If the duty of the state is to dictate to a woman she must nanny, that is literally a nanny state.
if it is the duty of the state to protect the unborn, why is this duty abdicated the moment the baby is Born? Is a 3 day old no less innocent and vulnerable than a Fetus?
I agree that we should do something about this. But killing them before they are born does nothing to solve the problem. If that is the solution, then why not just kill any unwanted child, born or not? It makes no sense.SJConspirator » 25 Jun 2022, 11:13 pm » wrote: ↑ Maybe you think that poor, unwanted kids are well taken care of in this country, I disagree
https://www.nokidhungry.org/who-we-are/hunger-facts
Vegas » 26 Jun 2022, 12:33 pm » wrote: ↑ I agree that we should do something about this. But killing them before they are born does nothing to solve the problem. If that is the solution, then why not just kill any unwanted child, born or not? It makes no sense.
If child does not want to live they can always kill themselves. For you to make that decision for them feels rather morbid.SJConspirator » 25 Jun 2022, 11:13 pm » wrote: ↑ Maybe you think that poor, unwanted kids are well taken care of in this country, I disagree
https://www.nokidhungry.org/who-we-are/hunger-facts
Abortion should be very limited , only done in the first trimester.FOS » 26 Jun 2022, 2:37 pm » wrote: ↑ If child does not want to live they can always kill themselves. For you to make that decision for them feels rather morbid.
Although I must admit the nazis were willing to do this in the case of children with extreme disabilities...and I can understand it
I would be willing to allow abortion in the case of say...a fetus diagnosed with downs syndrome...because such a child becomes a net burden on the healthy people.
But just because a child will be poor? Nah.
It has not been uncommon in history for inconvenient infants to be killed. And arguably is has been a policy that benefitted the survival of a tribe.SJConspirator » 26 Jun 2022, 2:44 pm » wrote: ↑ Abortion should be very limited , only done in the first trimester.
Children should not be killed after they are born. Surprising that I have to clarify that.
It's hard to overstate the stark contrast between the extreme scarcity of times past and the techno abundance of today. The fat of the land has never been fatter. Does that figure into the question of ethical eugenics?FOS » 26 Jun 2022, 2:50 pm » wrote: ↑ It has not been uncommon in history for inconvenient infants to be killed. And arguably is has been a policy that benefitted the survival of a tribe.
even if we grant that your are speaking only about ethics....is it ethical to survive?? I would say yes.
I would take it farther. Gay babies, gingers, *** babies, the children of fat miscegenators, what have you.FOS » 26 Jun 2022, 2:37 pm » wrote: ↑
I would be willing to allow abortion in the case of say...a fetus diagnosed with downs syndrome...because such a child becomes a net burden on the healthy people.
SJConspirator » 26 Jun 2022, 2:58 pm » wrote: ↑ It's hard to overstate the stark contrast between the extreme scarcity of times past and the techno abundance of today. The fat of the land has never been fatter. Does that figure into the question of ethical eugenics?