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Clinton Wilcox #fundie prolifephilosophy.blogspot.ca

5. Unborn humans are just as intrinsically valuable as older humans (toddlers, teenagers, adults, etc.). Since the punishment for killing a toddler is the same as the punishment for killing an adult (and the punishment in some states, like my home state of California, for killing an unborn child against the mother’s will is the same as for killing adults), then I think the punishment should be the same. Life in prison or capital punishment, whatever the punishment is in the state for murder. (Whether or not capital punishment is a moral form of killing is a topic for another article. My stance on it is irrelevant for now, my point simply being that whatever the punishment for murdering someone outside the womb should be, the same punishment should be prescribed for murdering an unborn human.) The doctor should also lose his/her medical license.

Clinton Wilcox #fundie prolifephilosophy.blogspot.ca

[on aborting rape pregnancies]

. I would argue that the woman has a moral obligation to care for the child that she finds herself with, regardless of how the child was conceived. To borrow an example from pro-life philosopher Tony George, suppose you’re out at sea on your boat for a few days. A day into your journey you discover a stowaway. You would not be morally justified in casting that person off your boat into the water to drown or be devoured by sharks, even though that person will be consuming your resources. You must wait until you get back to land to cast him off, and possibly call the authorities.

she is a "de facto guardian." This means that even though she didn't consent to becoming pregnant, she is now the "guardian" of this child (which can be used if someone insists that the biological relationship is irrelevant). She is now, through the circumstance of rape, responsible for an innocent child. Similar to the movie Up, where Carl had to temporarily take Russell in to his custody because he couldn't get rid of Russell without killing him.