Does a vandal who is caught by a homeowner in the middle of the night have a right to remain alive? Some states would say yes; at least one would say no.
If a state legislature were to provide that a pregnant woman could claim "self defense" when terminating her pregnancy if it posed any risk to her well-being, and were to set the required standard of proof so low that almost any pregnancy would qualify, what basis would the federal government have for questioning the judgment of the legislature? Clearly there is some level of risk where a woman would be justified in ending a pregnancy; what would give the federal government the authority to decide where that line should be drawn?
No. A vandal—up until ‘unjust law’...should be killed or whatever if you have to protect your private property. People have always had (until recently) the right to defend their property—with the killing of life if necessary.
People were hung just for stealing a horse...why—because without a horse people could die on the frontier. Without a horse, it destroyed their ability to take care of themselves and family.
Having a baby is natural. It is what a woman’s body is designed for (Natural Law Theory)....if she makes the choice to do something which causes life, then it is her duty to raise and care for the offspring, even in the case of rape and incest. Sad. but two wrongs don’t make a right.
The primary duty of mankind is to care for their offspring and be responsible...do unto others as you would have them do unto you....that is the basis of Western Philosophy for thousands of years.
Natural Law Theory includes the teleological design of the human being and having children is necessary for the future of societies. It is considered a great sickness when mothers in the animal kingdom kill their own young. Never happens under normal, healthy times. Only human beings feel it necessary to destroy their own genetic material...it is nihilism and destroys a human being. It is evil and when we had “Just Law” abortions were never allowed in this country for hundreds of years.
We used to uphold Natural Rights according to God’s laws—the design of our Constitution and legal system.
To reduce human beings to the level of a piece of trash is the slippery slope that we are witnessing now with the degradation of women and their bodies which is so prevalent on MTV and all tv.
Women have been reduced to an ugly, disfigured, sex object-—just a commodity to be used and discarded, never treasured and loved —exactly like the baby she put in the toilet.