miscarriage is not due to negligence or anything within the mother's control, it's a natural bodily process

if the baby died because the mom was a smoker and drug addict then sure

So if woman smokes during pregnancy and has a miscarriage would you suggest we charge her with a crime

just don't post next time

to be consistent with the perspective that see's a fetus as a person the government must conduct an investigation into every miscarriage

being unwilling to commit resources towards this is admitting that they are less than persons

This post was edited by duffman316 on Jul 13 2015 11:16pm

Exactly. The logic with "abortion is murder" runs into a very trick conundrum with miscarriage.

If you think miscarriages are involuntary manslaughter, then the logic is more consistent.

How about you answer the question following your own line of reasoning kid

Look at the quotes going back to the original image. The whole thing is based on a hypothetical of people who are pro-life, not my own opinion. I am just showing how poor the reasoning is of people who suggest a miscarriage is manslaughter if abortion is murder.



No, it isn't. Do we conduct investigations into every death by natural causes? In fact, we investigate almost none of them.



No, the logic is already consistent. The argument you're proposing is simply invalid.

I have however posted what I think are powerful arguments against abortion advocates that I invented. I'm not pro-life because I don't think ending life is necessarily wrong, but the most common arguments in favor of abortion have some seriously problematic logical conclusions that most abortion advocates wouldn't accept. I'll post then again if you're particularly interested.

death by natural cause is always determined as such by police or medical professionals after an assessment of the circumstances leading to death

Perhaps you're right. I don't know how miscarriages can be investigated like this though.

The argument was initially for all miscarriages being manslaughter, though, which is incredibly stupid. Your argument, for only miscarriages due to negligence being manslaughter, the issue is less clear.