1️⃣ Abortion should be allowed during pregnancy if the doctors say so.
Up until recently I was in favor of abortion in pretty much all situations. My opinion has shifted for the following reasons.
1) the first argument "my body my choice" is fallacious, as it's not about the mother's body but the baby's body which happens to be inside of the woman:
- You don't abort because you don't want to be pregnant, you abort because you don't want to have to take care of the baby after it's born
- I don't believe a mother should have exclusive ownership over this new person's existence, just like if you have me over at your house you can't do whatever you want with my body, or just like you wouldn't dispose of your own pet.
2) the second argument "you can't kill someone who was never born": there is truth to this, but the main concern behind this is when do we draw the line? We know that a 8 month old fetus is viable and has everything necessary to live a normal life. Is it 4 months? Is it 3 weeks? Is it 7.5 months? If we collectively consider abortion to be morally acceptable, then I think this limit should be very low out of caution.
3) there is something fundamentally morbid about mothers wanting to dispose of their own offspring, this breaks the circle of life with a dark celebration of the end of our own legacy. I know today is all about individual freedom and choices, that everyone is a unique gem in this world and shouldn't bear the burden of responsibility in life because it's an oppressing pattern or whatever, but this seems very short sighted and quite childish to be honest.
4) Limiting babies isn't not just a personal choice without consequences: demography is sharply dropping in developed countries and we are facing very serious problems For instance, the birth rate in South Korea is currently 0.78 and keeps on dropping. In just 3 generations, we can expect the population to decline by... 94%. Obviously this issue goes way beyond the abortion topic, but developed nations need to have more babies if they don't want to completely disappear soon. It is a very real and imminent threat, I would argue even more so than global warming.
In conclusion, I'm technically not opposed to abortion but it should not be celebrated and should be under very strict rules.
2️⃣ Euthanasia should be allowed if that is the wish of the person and the doctors agree.
I'll keep it much shorter for this one 😃 : If you're about to die and you're suffering (serious accident, terminal cancer, etc...) I guess so