Re: Any anti-abortion atheists?

Ray Fischer wrote:
> Mushinronsha  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Steve Dufour wrote:
> >
> > > I've been wondering about this for the last few days.  Are there any
> > > well known people around who are both atheists and are against
> > > abortion?  Thanks.
> >
> > I am an atheist, and I have a problem accepting abortion.  When a fetus grows to 
> > the point that it becomes a human being, I think it is wrong to have it's life 
> > terminated.
>
>
> Is it ever wrong to force a woman to provide the use of her body for
> th benefit of the fetus, and force her to suffer pain, injury, and
> expense as a result?

Wrong? Sure, it's wrong to use force to make her carry a fetus.  It's also wrong 
to kill that fetus if it is viable on it's own.

> > I don't know when that milestone is crossed, though.
>
>
> Birth.

If the fetus is viable outside the womb, then perhaps it should be birthed 
instead of terminated.

> > If the mother 
> > decides that the pregnancy, and the the resulting obligation to provide for the 
> > welfare of a child, should be terminated when she is 8 months and 3 weeks into 
> > the pregnancy, it is probably too late to call an abortion anything other than 
> > wrong.
>
>
> Terminating a pregnancy a week before the 9th month is commonly done
> and is known as "childbirth".

I was actually referring to aborting the fetus a week before the 9th month, 
killing it in the process.  I suspect you knew that.