Re: A compromise for the abortion debate

"davidjones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Since all of you are elite and enlightened enough to engage in
> meaningful debate please now consider the most logical compromising
> solution to the pro/anti abortion dilemma that should make everyone
> feel like a winner.
>
> Consider these facts:
> 1. The Pro-Choice movement believes in the right of the woman to
> choose.  It's her body, it's her life, it's her choice.
> 2. The Pro-Life movement believes that unborn babies are in fact
> human, and that one is not justified to kill a human as a matter of
> convenience.
> 3. The ratio of baby boys to baby girls which are conceived is a
> matter of nature and is not a matter of debate.  Thus the result of
> whether a fetus is male or female is inherently fair because nature
> made it so in the first place.
>
> The compromise:
> 1. To satisfy the Pro-Lifers:  We will let nature decide who can  and
> can't be aborted.  In roughly *half* the cases the life of the unborn
> will be preserved.  Thus satisfying at least a portion of the pro-life
> agenda.  Hey that's a good first step isn't it ? Who  would pass up
> that opportunity to make some headway.
> 2. To satisfy the Pro-Choicers: If the unborn fetus is a male, then
> quickly, unequivocally, with no questions asked...kill it (him). Go
> home and feel good that you made the wise choice for yourself.
> But... if the unborn fetus is a female then she has a choice.  Since
> the female fetus is unable to understand or comprehend the gravity of
> the decision at hand, much less make her choice known in response...
> the choice must be deferred until said female fetus is able to perform
> the said choice.  I suggest 16 years old, in a formal court hearing
> that the female may then exercises her choice, to live or not.
>
>
> In summary the once and for all solution to abortion:
> Undeniably females have the right to choose, therefore abortion is
> only ok if the aborted fetus is male.
>
> There now, everyone is happy and we can put this issue to rest for a
> while.

My son totally objects to this argument, thinking the argument is twisted.
He thinks ending male human lives is a bad thing.