http://www.philosophos.com/philosophy_article_67.html
I found this site and I would like everyone to read it.
It puts up a good debate about the abortion issue and makes some good points like for example: "What is the value of human life?". And then has these points. (ProLife & ProChoice)
— Human life is sacred and can never be taken at any time.
— A fetus is a "person", and has a person's rights.
— Human life begins at conception and cannot be terminated for any reason.
— Human life begins at "viability" (2/3rd trimester), so abortion is OK before that.
— Human life begins only at live birth, so abortion is OK before that.
— Abortion is not allowed because our population needs to grow.
— Abortion is mandatory after the first child is born. Only one child per married couple. (China)
— Abortion is OK if the mother was raped.
— Abortion is OK if the mother was raped by a close relative.
— Abortion is OK if the mother is single/ criminal/ drug addict/ homeless etc.
— Abortion is not OK "just because the mother wants it".
— Abortion is not OK because the unborn has "human rights".
— The mother has "rights" to her body. Only she can decide to give birth or not.
And also the writer makes a point about people that have physical problems that possibly would have been looked at as a thorn in their society's side; that turned out to be gifted & brilliant. (Like physicist Stephen Hawkins, & Helen Keller, etc.) I thought it was interesting.