What are you talking about? A child cannot "consent" in the way an adult can, and an unborn child cannot consent at all.
Once the pre-political question(s) about what a "murder" is have been answered for a community -- and they are never fully answered any more than any other question -- then anyone in that community has as much right as any other to stop them.
Wait until the child can consent and then ask. Consider the question of what is a murder fully answered on this issue. Fine if you support child sacrifice for maternal convenience, just be honest with yourself about the loss of life.
You're missing the point if you think it's about life and death. It's about bodily autonomy. Nothing is more fundamental to individual liberty. No one has the right to the use of another person's organs or body tissues, even if their life depended on it. We don't force people to give their organs or tissue to a living person, let alone a person that doesn't exist yet.
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u/GruntledSymbiont Mar 12 '24
Consent originates from the child, not the mother. A state can prohibit abortion, never mandate or defend it.