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Originally posted by Sidd Finch
I don't understand why you find this to be such a difficult question. The issue is, who has the right to terminate the life?
I think that the courts were right to let Terry Schiavo's husband terminate her life. But, if someone had broken into the hospital and cut her head off, that person would, and should, be prosecuted for murder. Not for breaking and entering.
The legal, and moral, issue is to whom we give the rights to make such decisions. Scott Peterson had no right to terminate his unborn child's life. (And yes, I recognize the greater difficulty that would be present if, say, she had been on her way to the abortion clinic the morning he murdered her, but these sorts of law school hypos are not that helpful).
And now, I give up on ketching up from yesterday.
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So you are saying right before the child is born the mother can end it, but if anyone else does it is murder. But right after the birth, anyone who ends the life is a murderer (including the mother). And husbands shouldn't always be able to terminate thier wife's life. Correct? So when can a close person to you terminate your life? It is tough to draw the line, and where you draw it has huge consequences. That is why the Pro-Life crowd chooses not to draw it at all. No matter where you draw the line, injustice occurs and people get hurt. That is why I would prefer to have my fingernails pulled out rather than become a judge or elected official. Who the hell wants to make these kind of decisions? That is also why I feel guilty whenever I recruit people to run for office, because deep down I know I am ruining their lives.
