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Finally, HRL did agree that abortion to save the life of the mother is morally acceptable. HRL allows for such an exception because in that case there is not a direct intention to kill. The intent is to save the life of the mother, and the death of the fetus is an undesired consequence. For example, consider the situation of a pregnant woman with cancer who needs chemotherapy. Even if the chemotherapy will probably end the pregnancy, the aim is saving the mother's life. SFC supports abortion in this case, in addition to supporting a woman's choice...
...fundamental area of disagreement between HRL and SFC is the definition of personhood. The two groups agree that the fetus is biologically human, but disagree on whether humanity automatically implies personhood, and whether this issue should be the focus of the debate. SFC views the fetus as a "potential life," in the words of Roe v. Wade, but not yet a full human person. Its position within the woman's body, and its status of complete dependency on her, situates it as part of her body rather than as its own separate entity...
Whose rights come first: A pregnant woman's or those of the fetus she is carrying? The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it will review a case delineating precisely that dilemma. In 1985, a South Carolina hospital decided it would take any necessary measures to ensure the health of an unborn child - including running a drug test on the mother, and reporting those results to the police. Women whose tests were positive could choose to be arrested for providing drugs to a minor or undergo drug addiction treatment. Now, the Court will decide the merit of a case brought...
This case is being closely watched by both sides of the abortion debate: A federal legal precedent favoring fetus rights over those of the mother could have sweeping ramifications for women's reproductive health rights. If the Court decides the hospital did, in fact, have a right to test the pregnant women for drugs without their consent, the Justices are essentially affirming the position of the South Carolina legislature: A fetus is a child under the state's child abuse laws, and so the law is necessary to protect against child abuse. High courts in several other states have struck...
...insist he had always been so, rather than explain his moral struggle to get there? He conceded that he had voted to deny federal funds for abortions, but omitted that as a House member he was generally antiabortion, voting for a proposal that would have defined a fetus as a human life, which would have negated Roe v. Wade. As Vice President he can take pride in the expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit. But why brag that he was the "principal proponent" of it in Congress when, at most, he co-authored one extension...