The abortion question is a big one still in America. And I have always stood by saying we make too big a deal out of it and should work toward a middle ground solution (no abortion aloud after the detection of a heartbeat). While I think this still the best practical solution for a variety of reasons I am not going to go through right now, I am struggling with a question of dichotomy.
If a man batters a pregnant woman badly and the woman miscarriages the baby as a result, should you be able charge the man with murder, manslaughter, or similar charge? If so, how is it logically consistent to allow abortion?
Take it a step further… If a doctor’s negligence leads to a miscarriage, isn’t it fair that the person is able file (and win) a malpractice suit against the doctor for their loss? If so, aren’t we assigning a rather high value to the life of the unborn in this case?
