[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by Phaneuf3

I was bringing up a VERY valid point. Someone earlier in the thread argued that abortions are fine because not that many kids are dieing compared to sweatshops so, why bother. Well there are certainally more babies being aborted than I (and probably most people here) thought. This complerely shatters his scale argument (which again, read the thread -- I said was invalid anyway)

Also, as firefly points out, the commonness of these abortion completely throws into question the reasons for getting them done.

I wasn't trying to support or disprove anyone's point. I just find it odd that some people think scale has a place in moral arguements.
If they'll tolerate 3% of the population having abortions, why won't they tolerate 30%?

The point I'm making is that the number of abortions taking place shouldn't have any sway on whether you are against it or not. Eitehr you believe it's okay to kill a fetus/baby/whatever you want to call it, or it isn't. The number of times that decision is made shouldn't affect what the answer is.

For instance, if you ask me if it's okay to steal a car, I'm going to give you the same answer whether 1 car is stolen a day or if 1000 are.