A New Pro-Abortion Argument?

30. June 2008 by Seth.

We have become quite familiar with many of the pro-abortion clichés being thrown around the discussion tables today.  For example, almost any abortion debate will include lines such as the following:

“Don’t tell me what I can and cannot do with my own body.”

“The fetus is not a person.”

“Don’t force your morality on me.”

“Who are you to judge?”

“The war kills, too.”

However, have you ever heard someone say that the preborn child does indeed deserve respect and yet in the same breath argue the child has not yet acquired the right to live?

Those who argue this view draw upon other examples of what it means to be a person in our society.  They note that the toddler cannot drive, vote or drink alcohol because they have not yet “acquired the rights” to do so.

Someone who holds to this view may also comment that we receive the amount of respect in the world that we deserve.  A man who has labored his entire life for the good of his fellow man may receive great respect, whereas the fetus who has done very little will not be remembered and honored if he is to die prematurely.

Is this a new argument?  Or is this merely a twist to the same old debate we’ve been hearing for some time?

What do you think?  How would you respond if faced with this argument?

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