| SmoothCriminal said: Abortion: No one has the right to be a parasite on the body of another person, so that logically concludes that abortion is not a violation of rights. A woman has the right to decide whether or not she wants a parasite living off of her. |
Just wanted to share the opposing view... If you argue that the fetus is a life, then you would be placing the rights of the woman over the rights of the baby. In the case of normal sex, the woman's choice was made when she chose to have sex with her partner, and thus has no right to have an abortion as an abortion would be an act of aggression against the fetus. In the case of rape, the aggressor is the rapist... But you can't punish the fetus for a crime that it didn't commit, as that would again be an act of aggression against the fetus.
The problem in this case is that the child can't seek damages for such an act of aggression (again, this is assuming that you view the fetus as a life), and so prosecution would depend on people who want to act on behalf of the unborn child. So abortion does violate the non-aggression principle for someone who is pro life, but actually enforcing that is a tricky situation.
