Point. Even when I phrase it as the woman's right to breast-feed, I am really thinking of the infant's right to eat. (Otherwise, one assumes the woman could be "breast-feeding" another adult and it would still be a right, but that's not a scenario I think anyone is thinking of in that regard. I hope!)
I do think that women should have a right to have an abortion, in the sense that they should have a right to have access to any medical procedure (pregnancy can have fairly substantial health impacts, after all). Note "have access" - I don't think a woman has any right to have her abortion funded by anyone else. But if she has a doctor willing to perform the abortion, and the funds required for it, then I think the doctor has a right to provide, and the woman to purchase, that medical procedure. (Just as you should have the right to purchase any medical procedures relevant to you; there are some problems that I can't be treated for because I don't have the relevant physical attributes, but it in no way removes another's right to be treated for the condition if they experience it.)
That said, I do agree there's an imbalance (a father can be forced to support a child, a mother cannot; that's wrong), but I don't think removal of the abortion option is the way to equalize it. I'm not sure what is, however, or how to balance it in that case.
And I adore that manager at the Pizza Hut. That's a beautiful response.
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I do think that women should have a right to have an abortion, in the sense that they should have a right to have access to any medical procedure (pregnancy can have fairly substantial health impacts, after all). Note "have access" - I don't think a woman has any right to have her abortion funded by anyone else. But if she has a doctor willing to perform the abortion, and the funds required for it, then I think the doctor has a right to provide, and the woman to purchase, that medical procedure. (Just as you should have the right to purchase any medical procedures relevant to you; there are some problems that I can't be treated for because I don't have the relevant physical attributes, but it in no way removes another's right to be treated for the condition if they experience it.)
That said, I do agree there's an imbalance (a father can be forced to support a child, a mother cannot; that's wrong), but I don't think removal of the abortion option is the way to equalize it. I'm not sure what is, however, or how to balance it in that case.
And I adore that manager at the Pizza Hut. That's a beautiful response.