Electric Skeptic
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Imagine that we perfect the artificial womb, such that any fetus can be removed from a woman carrying it, inserted into the artificial womb, and have the same chances of surviving as if it had remained in the woman carrying it.
Would the process of, at the woman's request, removing the fetus and putting it into the artificial womb still be an abortion?
I contend that it would be; this demonstrates that the aim of an abortion is the ending of the pregnancy, not the death of the fetus. The woman wants to not be pregnant; she doesn't want the fetus to die. It's just that (at the moment) there is no way to end the pregnancy without the fetus dying. If there was a way to end a pregnancy without killing the fetus, then that procedure would still be an abortion.
Would the process of, at the woman's request, removing the fetus and putting it into the artificial womb still be an abortion?
I contend that it would be; this demonstrates that the aim of an abortion is the ending of the pregnancy, not the death of the fetus. The woman wants to not be pregnant; she doesn't want the fetus to die. It's just that (at the moment) there is no way to end the pregnancy without the fetus dying. If there was a way to end a pregnancy without killing the fetus, then that procedure would still be an abortion.