Vegans and abortion

[peacefulveglady]

Does this look like only a fetus? Tell it to a eiman that lost her pregenancy and to hear from people like this its not a baby..

Mother shares incredible photo of baby miscarried at 11 weeks

"He had no physical abnormalities.... A perfect little nose and ear and face. 10 fingers and 10 toes," Jaelyn said, after the miscarriage of her son.

www.liveaction.org

 

[Lou]

BSV has a good video looking at both pro choice and pro life arguments thru a vegan lens.
Well researched, good production, too.

What happened to bite-sized vegan?

Anyone know? :eyes: Sorry if this question has already been addressed... I'm late to the party. :party:

www.veganforum.org

 

[kelmoy1976]

People have confided in me that their lives were ruined by abortion, it was the biggest regret they ever had. I think it is unreasonable for the planet's population to grow double in the next 40 years to 16 billion like it did since the population was at 4 billion the 1980s. I think for numerous reasons life was more satisfying in the 1980s than it is now. Some people are sexually active when they are too young because they want to prove they are 'good at it.' I think the peer pressure needs to be taken out of collective culture and people should work on themselves more and be more ready. We don't hear about this side from people. I didn't know them at the time. People get into comparing the number of children in families which I don't agree with. I think it is worth writing about as a way to get involved in a lasting way. Some people can be really cruel they would throw a baby shower for one person and for another person tell them they aren't prepared to raise a family. I am glad this topic was brought up. Probably in the future with age reversal people can have more time to plan families.

 

[Blues]

I don’t think I would have wanted to be aborted.

 

[Andy_T]

I would respectfully ask everybody who is interested in having a genuine, educated discussion of this challenging topic to read the following article:

Excerpt from "Mind If I Order the Cheeseburger? And Other Questions People Ask Vegans" by Sherry F. Colb

It’s an excerpt from the very good book “Mind if I order the cheeseburger, and other questions that people ask vegans” by the late, great Sherry F. Colb.

 

[FredVegrox]

I indeed value my life, why should other lives not be valued? I would not want harmful treatment to others of other species, and I would not have unborn who are developed as many animals we see are by the time the unborn is known about be an exception. Oh, maybe someone will say something about their choice...

 

[KLS52]

Oh, maybe someone will say something about their choice...

That would be me.
As a practicing Catholic it would be "wrong" for me. It does not give me the right to decide for anyone else.

 

[allindogecoin]

Here in Australia there doesn't seem to be as much debate over abortion so I haven't had too much time to think of it. But I don't think most people are getting abortions just out of convenience. Usually it is because of something terrible such as rape or because they simply do not have enough money to look after a baby. This contrasts with animal agriculture where most people do seem to eat animals out of convenience or habit.

Something I should point out is the overpopulation issue. There was a recent study that found that this planet can comfortably support about 2.5 billion people living a typical Global North lifestyle. Fossil fuels are what has led to there being about 8 billion people on this planet now, but fossil fuels are depleting and EROI is declining, and this is showing up as inflation and cost of living pressure. So the answer is that we as a species need to engage in voluntary degrowth otherwise nature will impose involuntary degrowth on us, and it already has and that is why it is getting more and more difficult to have a baby. That being said, if more people ate less meat, lived in dense apartments rather than suburban houses, walked or cycled or took a train rather than drove a car, and engaged in digital entertainment rather than flying around the world of entertainment, the planet would be able to support many more people.