It really depends if their moral stance comes from a deeply religious and perhaps catholic view which forbids the use of bc- likely, or its a personal issue of moral which doesn’t wish to judge morality of sex behavior, just protect sanctity of life- unlikely.
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We’re (or at least I was) speaking about the general attitude or approach of a society, not just some individuals who may well not reflect the society at large.
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I havent known a society which celebrated abortion tho. Advertised it as a positive good, had party traditions around it, had TV shows which focused on abortion as a party theme. Generally, its a private and sad thing.
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Yes, such a thing has not yet appeared. However there are small groups of people like this, and, as is the nature of the present age, they are greatly magnified by the anti-abortion demagogues as personifying the world liberals want.
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I think we generally agree about where the balance should be struck, at least for now. But if we want to make the case for that position we must, I think, take some pains to say that allowing abortion is not the same thing as encouraging or celebrating it.
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It does feel like we need to say that but this really shows bias. We feel no need to say that allowing people to carry babies to term is not the same as encouraging it or celebrating it.
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I know that this is substantially different because becoming a parent is something most people are excited about and an abortion is a surgical procedure to resolve a problem but on an ethical level choosing to continue or end a pregnancy should be neutral.
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I’m not convinced it should be ethically neutral, but I do think it should be neutral as a matter of public policy. When advocating for such a policy we should consider the fears and ethical intuitions of those we wish to persuade.
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Agreed.
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