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VGPolyglot on 08 October 2017
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Ka-pi96 said:
VGPolyglot said:

Are you suggesting the morning after pill for rape victims? As in, they still could have chosen not to have a baby if they just could have taken the pill? Also, it is their body, the fetus cannot live without the mother, the fetus feeds off the mother, the fetus is in essence inseparable from the mother, so it is virtually part of the mother, so the mother should have a say in what happens to her body, especially considering the health risks of pregnancy.

Well... yeah? I mean I'd kind of expect rape victims to take a morning after pill anyways just in case. Certainly don't want a long term reminder like that of what happened.

And while I agree the mother should have a say, why shouldn't the baby? No, they can't technically voice their opinion on it, but it's pretty safe to assume they wouldn't want to be killed isn't it? If it were say conjoined twins where one was dependent on the other and couldn't live without them but the other one would be capable of living independently (ie. as similar a situation as possible) the dependent one's thoughts wouldn't just be ignored would they?

Now, read my second sentence again. In essence, you're agreeing that rape victims chose to get pregnant, and thus they shouldn't be able to abort. Talking about your second point, the baby doesn't have consciousness, so it'd essentially be the same as unplugging a brain-dead patient.