Hacker News Reader

I am bit puzzled by how much focus we put on where life begins.

The reasoning seems to be: 1) Ending a human being life is wrong 2) A foetus is a human being 3) Therefore abortion is wrong.

It seems much more interesting to me to wonder: Is ending a life always morally wrong?

Not saying I have the answer, I just find the question interesting.

View on HN

I feel like that has sort of been asked already, in the context of abortions for women who have been raped/ are in danger. There's quite a few places that allow abortion only in those circumstances, and the reasoning behind that is usually that "fetuses are human, but in these cases the fetus can be killed because it threatens the women/ the women did not consent".

While an interesting avenue to explore, for the general debate it is less useful that discussing when life begins.

And also, to what extent do we want to enforce our morals on others.

If 20% of the population believe in a moral principle, should it be enforced on all? How about 50%, 80%, or 99%?

Reply on news.ycombinator.com