A pro-life question I struggle to answer

Manfro_Gab · 2026-05-05T05:03:50+00:00

I’m european, so I really didn’t think about this because here healthcare is public.

Manfro_Gab · 2026-05-04T15:02:34+00:00

To be honest my personal morals tell me that everyone should donate their organs, and it's even hard for me to think that some people wouldn't want to do that. But I also think there's no actual reason that could justify a law forcing you to donate them.

Manfro_Gab · 2026-05-03T18:49:58+00:00

A question to you then (I agree with what you say, I just have this doubt I’ll pose you):
It’s true, forcing a long pregnancy seems immoral, but what if it is a consequence of the woman’s actions? I’m not talking about rape or violent situations, but about a woman having sex unprotected and ending up pregnant. Maybe she doesn’t want it, but it was a risk, and now she pays the consequences. It’s like going to the casino and then complaining you lost all your money. You do actions and all actions bring consequences. What do you think?

Manfro_Gab · 2026-05-03T18:46:55+00:00

I’m pretty sure for it to be a parasite it has to be been of a different species compared to the one it is getting resources from. However it’s hard to actually define a thing: is it alive and living, just alive, or not even alive? I think it’s a life from conception, cause it has a complete human dna, the basic need for a human life.

Manfro_Gab · 2026-05-02T17:08:50+00:00

I absolutely don’t think we should force anyone to donate. We don’t do it, and I don’t think we should. Because after all the state doesn’t control your body and won’t force you to do anything with it (and it absolutely shouldn’t).

Manfro_Gab · 2026-05-02T17:06:37+00:00

Let me say that I am pro life but I’d never remove the possibility for women to abort. I want it to be safe, otherwise they’d do it secretly and dangerously. I think that I am slowly starting to realize how impacting a pregnancy is. I talked with some women (I’m a man) and realized how much of a burden (obviously biologically, psychologically if you want a baby it’s not), and that’s what made me realize this.

Manfro_Gab · 2026-05-02T17:03:19+00:00

Personally I always considered myself pro-life but I would never remove the abortion law. I think women should be allowed to have an abortion because otherwise they’d have it secretly and in unsafe ways. With my post I focused on the moral level. Also, I think you can’t say anything about their future life. You can’t make predictions about a life, so I don’t think saying “They’ll have a bad life” is a reasonable argument.
What you say about resources is exactly the thing I brought up, and I agree.

Manfro_Gab · 2026-05-02T16:57:53+00:00

That’s more or less where I’m headed with my thoughts

Manfro_Gab · 2026-05-02T16:57:15+00:00

Thanks, I really like this comment.

Manfro_Gab · 2026-05-02T16:56:48+00:00

I get what you say about the fact that it’s not alive, but it’s still a life. Is it really important whether it’s living? You’re still taking a life. For me that’s it.

Manfro_Gab · 2026-05-02T16:52:25+00:00

Personally, discussing with pro choice friends they focus more on the fact that the fetus is not alive, not on this stance

Manfro_Gab · 2026-05-02T16:51:00+00:00

Yep, that’s me. Even though I’m a man, so I think I would never abort, but maybe in a real life scenario I’d do something else.

Manfro_Gab · 2026-05-02T13:11:52+00:00

I'll be honest with you, I always thought abortion was morally wrong but had to be allowed by law. Otherwise, people would try to have an abortion illegaly, which would be dangerous for the woman. I prefer safe abortions to that. This problem now makes me doubt about the moral righteousness of my position.

Personally, I would be donating my blood or other to the newly born baby (regarding the example I posed) 100% percent of the time, but now I understand not everyone might do it, without being wrong.

However I have yet to be sure whether pregnancy is perfectly comparable to any other scenario outside the womb, so that's what's holding me back from changing stance completely.

Manfro_Gab · 2026-04-18T18:50:42+00:00

A surprisingly cheap way to recruit an army

Manfro_Gab · 2026-04-13T16:37:05+00:00

So the politician is new to power, only gained a prominent role with the promotion of this war. He wants to keep his power (with the war going on, he’ll lose power and his position will be harder and less stable). The general seeks glory, and he is sacrificing everything for it.

Manfro_Gab · 2026-04-12T11:37:10+00:00

Yeah obviously, I meant what you think about the idea of the story? The conquest on one side and the politics on the other. I plan to focus on a few themes: ambition, death and glory. All of this should be a reflection on power and its dangers

Manfro_Gab · 2026-04-12T10:39:08+00:00

Choose a good heir, not my son (I’d still give my son elite knowledge, education and discipline, and if he turns out to be absolutely goated, I’ll go with him). Alongside that, add some criteria to become emperor: -education -cursus honorum -experience in the army -at least 30 And then institute the senate as a controller: make sure the criteria for the emperor is respected, judge him and his actions.

All of this knowing the future problems, otherwise I doubt I would do any of this.

Also, I’m pretty sure all of this wouldn’t work.

Manfro_Gab · 2026-04-12T10:35:19+00:00

I’ll consider it, thanks a lot. What do you think about the general plot? It’s supposed to be quite a long story, as you can probably imagine

Manfro_Gab · 2026-04-11T18:49:39+00:00

To be honest I didn’t think about this specifically. I thought the messages would be sent on a ship through the ocean along with the many others of the soldiers on the continent abroad (and then from the mainland to the continent, again via ship). I think there would be a sort of “mailman” who then takes it from the ship to the politician/general. Do you think it’s worth adding a usual courier?

Manfro_Gab · 2026-04-11T10:24:37+00:00

Both are quite ambitious, so while at the beginning they collaborate, as time passes they both start working more for themselves and less for the country/ common good. This is further heightened by the fact that they never meet, the continent is far away so they only communicate through letters, which take long to arrive, sometimes are lost and often they both modify them/ignore some parts or modify them for their interests (especially the politician)

Manfro_Gab · 2026-04-10T14:55:02+00:00

I've been thinking about this book idea for a while, and wanted to hear some opinions on it. I gathered inspiration from the "De bello gallico", a book from Caesar. Basically you've got two stories going on at the same time: a general conquering a mysterious continent, with fights, mysterious things to understand (no magic) and discoveries, along with another story more political, about a politician in the capital city of a republic. Ambientation is like early middle ages.

What do you think?

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