re: "The Free Ride May Soon Be Over for Anti-Abortion Politicians" (The New York Times, May 20, 2021)
Could the anti-abortionists please explain what it is about a human fetus at any stage in development, whether viable or pre-viable, with or without a heartbeat, that requires that it be given moral consideration over and above that of any similarly developed living being with demonstrably equal claims to being person and therefore entitled to legal protections as a person?
What conscious, affective or other quality, what ability, for example, does a human fetus demonstrate that a porker about to be made into bacon does not demonstrate to at least the same degree?
The anti-abortionist arguments, if taken seriously, seem to logically demand that their proponents equally oppose the daily slaughter of innocent animals for our bacon, nuggets and rib eye.
Or are we to believe that there is some ineffable, literally magical, quality to human heartbeats that does not apply to the heartbeats of other living beings?
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The above comment was submitted by Felix Qui to The New York Times article.
It is published there at https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/20/opinion/Supreme-Court-abortion.html#commentsContainer&permid=112938157:112938157
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