I 'did reply to your trapped question,
First in a reply where I had misread your meaning,
And thought you meant 'I would be trapped by logic, to no longer be Pro Life,
If I no longer thought an unborn was equal to a born.
The 2nd reply, in which I clarified I had misread your post,
But then stated 'even if a person pregnant felt trapped,
I'd be uncomfortable letting them terminate their unborn at certain stages.
If a mother was 10 minutes from birth, fully formed ready for birth unborn,
And she said nah, I suddenly don't want to,
.
I find myself unable to consider her right to choose, more important that the unborn's life.
If there was a high chance of the mother dying in the pregnancy,
Her right to choose would be more important to me than the unborn's life,
Though I'd still be uncomfortable killing the unborn, and rather the risk be taken,
I would see it as the mother's choice.
. . .
The further from full development an unborn get's,
Such as before it's brain forms,
I'd be willing to see it as the mother's choice,
Though I'd still be uncomfortable with the unborn being terminated.
. . .
Personally I think a large problem in this discussion, are the terms Pro Life and Pro Choice,
And I've said this before,
Many people are 'willing, though uncomfortable to compromise.
But I find myself unable to compromise with people who are 'too Pro Choice,
I'm 'also unable to compromise with people too Pro Life,
But I'm not being given the option to disagree with the extremes,
I'm only given the option to be Pro Life or Pro Choice.
There 'are situations where I'd be willing to accept that women get abortions,
There are situations I'd be unwilling to accept women get abortions.
I'm glad to be asked it again,
Not because I think my answer right,
But because it is valuable to let some time pass, then consider questions again.
I also avoided 'answering 'directly last time, I'll 'try more directly this time.
. . .
But no, I hesitate, before choosing the 8 year old, though I 'do choose the 8 year old.
Don't feel a need to read the below, just rambling.
. . .
There's 'something in the question,
Quantity vs Quality. 'Maybe.
Were there 2 adults, one severely mentally handicapped to the intelligence of a toddler,
Would I choose the adult more intelligent, more a person, or the adult more innocent, needing protection.
Were there a member of my family and 2 strangers, I'd choose my family.
Were there a friend and 2 strangers, I'd choose my friend.
Were there a friend and 1000 strangers, they'd have to be one heck of a close friend for me to choose my friend.
Of course these are more advanced humans than an embryo. . . Question of value. . .
I say earlier in this post, the further development get's to an embryo, the further I feel uncomfortable curtailing the mother's freedom of choice, to the point I'd step out of the question and leave it for others to decide,
Though the discomfort of destroying an embryo 'never truly leaves me.
Likewise the further development get's a newborn, the further I feel uncomfortable allowing the mother unlimited freedom of choice, to the point I am unwilling to let the law give her unlimited freedom of choice.
. . .
It's a painful question, the Trolley,
Hm, no, I don't think I managed to directly answer the question, if anything my indecision has 'grown over considering it and the value of human life.
Some might say I directly answered it by choosing the 8 year old, but they might not see my underlying thoughts and logic,
Conclusions I come to,
That it's best to 'avoid ever allowing trolley situations to occur in 'real life,
Though they are still valuable theoretical considerations.
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