thanks for putting together and sharing this piece.
That said, I found one aspect important to flag:
While the post explicitly says it does not want to enter the abortion debate, assigning moral value to “unborn lives” effectively does engage with it, since this is the core ethical premise of that discussion
In focusing on fetal lives, the analysis omits the perspective and autonomy of the pregnant person; their health, risks, and lived experience, which are central to any moral assessment involving pregnancy and birth
This makes the piece feel one-sided: it quantifies the value of potential lives but abstracts away the people who bear the physical and ethical burden of bringing those lives into existence.
I’m sharing this as constructive feedback. I think the analysis could be stronger and more balanced if it explicitly integrated maternal health outcomes and the ethics of pregnancy itself, not only the unborn.
Hi Jack,
thanks for putting together and sharing this piece.
That said, I found one aspect important to flag:
While the post explicitly says it does not want to enter the abortion debate, assigning moral value to “unborn lives” effectively does engage with it, since this is the core ethical premise of that discussion
In focusing on fetal lives, the analysis omits the perspective and autonomy of the pregnant person; their health, risks, and lived experience, which are central to any moral assessment involving pregnancy and birth
This makes the piece feel one-sided: it quantifies the value of potential lives but abstracts away the people who bear the physical and ethical burden of bringing those lives into existence.
I’m sharing this as constructive feedback. I think the analysis could be stronger and more balanced if it explicitly integrated maternal health outcomes and the ethics of pregnancy itself, not only the unborn.