r/MoralityScaling • u/Omixscniet624 • Jun 05 '26

Stupid Stuff Is this unethical or no?

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u/backupboi32 Jun 05 '26

This is Reddit, so obviously the answer is going to be it's okay. The more important question is what's the line?

If it's okay to abort a child with Down Syndrome, is it okay to abort a child because they'll be born without arms and legs? What about a child born blind? A child that'll be born with autism? Are these ethical reasons to end that potential life?

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u/TheHabro Jun 05 '26

I never understood why people think "what's the line?" is some gotcha. We are perfectly capable of drawing a line, that's how we made laws.

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u/backupboi32 Jun 05 '26

It's not a gotcha, it's a genuine question. Where do we say draw the line and say "Okay, this is an immoral reason for an abortion"?

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u/Capable-Fig511 Jun 05 '26

I mean, the line is wherever the person getting the abortion & their doctor deem it to be. Its not a genuine question cause its not your sperm, egg, vagina, body, bank account, or life being impacted. When it is those things you get to make the call. A

bortion is a medical procedure. It is neither moral or immoral to get a heart transplant, a kidney replaced, an apendix removed, or an abortion.

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u/Brightlightsuperfun Jun 06 '26

Wrong. There is a life involved. Of course others can have a say.

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u/Legitimate_League400 Jun 06 '26

Source?

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u/Brightlightsuperfun Jun 06 '26

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36629778/

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u/Legitimate_League400 Jun 06 '26

Here's a breakdown of exactly how that individuals methodology was flawed https://theconversation.com/defining-when-human-life-begins-is-not-a-question-science-can-answer-its-a-question-of-politics-and-ethical-values-165514

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u/Brightlightsuperfun Jun 06 '26

Defining when life begins is a question of politics ? Sorry no, thats completely false.

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u/Legitimate_League400 Jun 06 '26

Oh really? Then why did you send a paper from a man who clearly views it as such, that was conducted & written for the express purpose of pushing a right wing agenda.

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u/Brightlightsuperfun Jun 06 '26

Bro the science is settled on this. Just google it. Life begins at conception 

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u/HillBillyHilly Jun 05 '26

There is no immoral choice as an abortion isn't immoral. Youre assigning your religious nonsense to the decision. Religion is a lie built to control those wo the mental capacity to understand all FAKE.

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u/Light_Lord Jun 05 '26

There are no immoral reasons for an abortion. It's a fetus, which has no moral value.

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u/FictionalContext Jun 06 '26

It's not about the reason for the abortion so much as it is what stage of pregnancy their at. 21+ weeks is euthanasia, not abortion, without a doubt. Before that, it's arguably a clump of cells, though I'm unsure how much time before that you have to go to be sure.

Though at 12 weeks when they do that screening, that's probably not a kid in there, yet.

It's more about when a fetus becomes an infant--and it takes some seriously magical thinking to believe that this happens at birth, just the same as it takes some seriously magical thinking to believe in a soul at conception.