Late Term Abortions

For once, I have something to say.

Was watching that, and in the suggested videos:

I wasn't sure what to make of it.

I'm just about to start learning in detail conception to birth, and will probably have a tonne of morality classes along the way.

What do you guys make of the "sanctity of life"?

Looking at you religious folk.

That video pains me on multiple counts.

Firstly it's biased to all hell. I was expecting it to be informative, but I guess I didn't notice the title for some reason.

Especially at the end, which condemns this practice as unequivocally, and irrefutably "inhuman"

When in fact, it probably should be called "inhumane"... But that's more semantics isn't it.

Secondly, it's the apparently unprofessionalism of the doctor and the counsellor.

Moreso that the counselor is flippant and hardly consoling, and the doctor is hazy about the facts. Which would be unacceptable, but is exacerbated by her seeming specialization in women's health and natal development.

However, this could be extremely biased and they could only find these two semi-incompetent workers. Who knows.

Thirdly, it pains me to read the comments, with consequentialists arguing (more declaring) that this is wrong and that those who do this shall be smote by God, or worse, should be tried as murderers.

I respect their passion and opinion, however the sheer force of their speech (rather than the force of their argument, which is infact flimsy) makes me cringe. Why do people like this exist?

I suppose, in a word - biological diversity.

And well, it makes me angry because they could be so much better. So much more tolerant of new ideas.

Thankfully the law isn't too old-fashioned. (I hope.)

I looked up Planned Parenthood, and it was exactly what I thought it would be.

 The spokeswoman doesn't have all the answers. That's inevitable. Yet people assume that the professionals will always have all the answers.

So much so, there's a word for symptoms with an unknown cause:

Idiopathic 

Love wikipedia for simple, unreliable knowledge.

Coming back to people who assume moral dilemmas are cut and dry - take the reverse.

If I were to assume that issue is cut and dry, from my perspective I would legalize assisted suicide, euthanasia, and abortion at any age.

Nevermind the socio-cultuo-ideological ramifications. This is a "simple" concept - why can't you understand it?

In fact, science in isolation, medicine in isolation is so simple. You're applying sciences here and there to understand the world. But in isolation, how can medicine exist? Medicine exists because humans are fragile, humans need to be understood, and we're curious about it.

I suppose what I mean is that anything in isolation is simple. A cog. A spring. A sprocket.

And by that logic, we are all just atoms.

We are all atoms - atoms are inanimate - so are we actually alive?

What makes us 'alive'?

Is that question relevant? I don't think so.

From Murakami:

"I move, therefore I am."

Hoping I get more answers to these lonely problems.