Hypocrisy on Abortion?

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Baalzamon said:

Pemalite said:
The mother owns the body in question, not the fetus. Thus the mother should have the first and last say of what occurs in her body... Otherwise we are giving the rights of the host body to another human being.

If the fetus can survive via it's own power, then let it, but it shouldn't be allowed to at the expense of another person.

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As for the Universal Basic Income... Why isn't that a thing in the USA? It works in most other developed nations with great success?

A baby also can't survive via it's own power (it will die rather quickly without somebody taking care of it)...so I don't think that should have anything at all to do with the argument.

It is also a fine line saying the mother can do whatever she wants to her body. So if a mother decides to continue drinking absurd amounts of alcohol, and the baby comes out extremely messed up, you have no issue with this right? After all, it was her body and she had the right to drink like that. The fact that the child will now have a crappy life with many issues due to this isn't the mother's problem.

A solution for this would be mandatory screenings and subsequent abortions for seriously damaged fetuses. I doubt a mother who doesn't take care of herself would want a disabled kid anyway.