Domestic Terrorism from the Progressive Left (Again): Abortion Edition

Wow, these people really like abortions, huh?

Sorry.

   That's not really indicative of my view about abortion, which is agnosticism. Or: agnosticism + default libertarianism. Forced to guess, currently I tend to think that abortion is often bad but less-often wrong. Perhaps on the order of killing a puppy: a very serious matter that absolutely cannot be taken lightly--but permissible in order to avoid ruination of a young woman's life.

   At any rate, there's a heavy burden of proof on anyone who wants to force someone to keep something living in her body. And the available arguments for such a conclusion aren't nearly strong enough, IMO. 

   But: humans are terrible at philosophy. It's not my area, and, so far as I can tell, even people who focus on the question aren't all that good on it. It's not clear to me that it's the kind of question philosophy ought to be able to answer even in principle. But I'm not sure about that (either).

   One thing I think is pretty clear: the protestors parading around proclaiming their love of abortions, that they're happy to have had them, that they'd get pregnant just to have one...these people have been possessed by a madness. I can understand how they got there--it's actually fairly natural when you think that others are illicitly trying to control your actions. But it's a twisted place to be. Compare: I killed a puppy because I was unable to care for it and no one else would take it--and I enjoyed it and would eagerly do it again!... Anyone who'd say such a thing belongs in an asylum.

   Reminds me of carnivores who respond to evidence of horrific cruelty in meat-production by leeringly holding forth about meat being tasty--something I'm pretty sure I've done in the past. Disgusting. I still think that eating animals is permissible. But refusing to take their suffering seriously is not.