This is already a significant retreat from your previously stated position. (“not unless it’s going to kill you” after 24 weeks)
Is it? I suppose it is. I contain multitudes. No, honestly, I just didn’t name all my caveats in the previous post (my bad). Clearly there are two people’s interests to take into consideration here. Also, as I noted, that was an ethical rather than legal argument. I don’t have any strong opinions about what the law should do wrt this question.
That’s a hell of an assertion. I don’t really see any reason to accept it as other than a normative statement of what you wish would happen.
I don’t think it’s unreasonable, although you’re right it’s not a fact statement. But I think it’s a fairly well-established principle of ethics & jurisprudence that informed consent implies responsibility. Nobody has to have unprotected sex, so if you (a consenting adult) do so, any reasonably foreseeable consequences are on your shoulders.
Suppose a person is driving, and crashes into a pedestrian. This ruptures the liver of the pedestrian. A partial transplant of the driver’s liver will save the pedestrian’s life. Is the driver expected to donate their liver? Should it be required by law?
It’s a reasonably good analogy I guess. There are two separate questions here: what should the law do, and what should the driver do. I don’t think anybody wants the law to require organ donations from people who behave irresponsibly. However, put in the driver’s shoes, and assuming the collision was my fault, I would feel obligated to donate (if, in this worst-case scenario, I am the only one who can).
There is a slight disanalogy here though, which is that an abortion is an act, whereas a failure to donate is an omission. It’s like the difference between throwing the fat guy on the tracks and just letting the train hit the fat guy.
which is that an abortion is an act, whereas a failure to donate is an omission
I’m curious to the reasoning on what the difference is, except maybe that, no better options being available (it seems) we use omission as the default strategy when consequences are not within our grasp (as watching and gathering more information will at least not worsen your later ability to come to a conclusion, with the only caveat that then it may be too late to act).
Is it? I suppose it is. I contain multitudes. No, honestly, I just didn’t name all my caveats in the previous post (my bad). Clearly there are two people’s interests to take into consideration here. Also, as I noted, that was an ethical rather than legal argument. I don’t have any strong opinions about what the law should do wrt this question.
I don’t think it’s unreasonable, although you’re right it’s not a fact statement. But I think it’s a fairly well-established principle of ethics & jurisprudence that informed consent implies responsibility. Nobody has to have unprotected sex, so if you (a consenting adult) do so, any reasonably foreseeable consequences are on your shoulders.
It’s a reasonably good analogy I guess. There are two separate questions here: what should the law do, and what should the driver do. I don’t think anybody wants the law to require organ donations from people who behave irresponsibly. However, put in the driver’s shoes, and assuming the collision was my fault, I would feel obligated to donate (if, in this worst-case scenario, I am the only one who can).
There is a slight disanalogy here though, which is that an abortion is an act, whereas a failure to donate is an omission. It’s like the difference between throwing the fat guy on the tracks and just letting the train hit the fat guy.
I’m curious to the reasoning on what the difference is, except maybe that, no better options being available (it seems) we use omission as the default strategy when consequences are not within our grasp (as watching and gathering more information will at least not worsen your later ability to come to a conclusion, with the only caveat that then it may be too late to act).