People thought the founding of the United States was idealistic and naive, and yet, here we are.
Or we could try actually educating kids about contraceptives. Public schools these days only receive funding for health classes if they refrain from teaching about contraception. The people who go looking for abortions most often these days are teenagers who got pregnant by accident because they didn't know enough about the whole thing to use contraceptives.
Parental education, better adoption services...
I think I finally understand the point Coyote's been trying to make.
Let's say you kill a cow. You're not necessarily going to get in trouble for killing that cow because cows are killed here in America every day. So long as there is a justification for killing that cow, you're fine - you're going to eat it, you're going to use its hide to make a coat, etc. Cow dead, society has benefited, and the case is closed.
Let's say you kill a fetus. You're not necessarily going to get in trouble for killing that fetus because fetuses are killed here in America every day. So long as there is a justification for killing that fetus, you're fine - the child it would have grown into wouldn't have had anyone to care for it, the mother simply wasn't prepared to endure pregnancy, etc. Fetus dead, society has benefited, and the case is closed.
Except the case isn't closed. That fetus was a human being and killing human beings is wrong.
But here is the trick: Why is it wrong? Why is it wrong to abort a fetus, which is not an individual in any sense (and therefore, according to the classical definition, not a person)?
