Abortion Debate – First Principles Posted in: Pro Life, Social

In my opinion this most important of topics must not be hijacked by religious dogma or women’s rights issues. Views on all sides of such things are passionate, fiercely defended, and for me, paradoxically, they simply cloud and distract.

Instead I suggest invested parties step back … way back … and review their personal convictions about who/what we are, and what life is? In other words, go back to first principles (base assumptions).

In the case of the abortion debate, I suggest players satisfy themselves as to the safeness of first-principle ‘I am my body – my personhood does not exist until my body has reached a specify state of maturity within the womb of my mother”.

I argue that personal certainty in this regard is fundamentally important, for it is upon this axiom (supposed) that subsequent attitudes toward abortion are justified, reasoned and foundationed.

Further, I want to raise the question: What if life and self exist prior, and transcendentally to, conception? Are you sure enough they don’t? Are you prepared to risk they do?