But killing Dad is murder, and you go to jail for that. Killing Baby is an outpatient procedure. with no legal sanction(and, in many places, outright subsidization). I’d say that the situations differ.
The situations differ in several ways, including their legal status.
You were discussing financial incentives, and I responded accordingly.
If your actual intention is to discuss more generally the similarities and differences between killing fetuses and adults (or babies and adults, if you prefer that language), then I’ll drop out here.
No, a generic debate about abortion is the last thing I want to partake in. It makes everybody stupid, and I suspect that I’m on the same side as most people here anyways. I just find this particular situation interesting, and that seemed like convenient shorthand.
But killing Dad is murder, and you go to jail for that. Killing Baby is an outpatient procedure. with no legal sanction(and, in many places, outright subsidization). I’d say that the situations differ.
The situations differ in several ways, including their legal status.
You were discussing financial incentives, and I responded accordingly.
If your actual intention is to discuss more generally the similarities and differences between killing fetuses and adults (or babies and adults, if you prefer that language), then I’ll drop out here.
No, a generic debate about abortion is the last thing I want to partake in. It makes everybody stupid, and I suspect that I’m on the same side as most people here anyways. I just find this particular situation interesting, and that seemed like convenient shorthand.