Someone recently asked this forward-thinking person how I am able to enjoy children and still be in favor of killing them. What an insane question! Obviously that person doesn't know a bit about the duality of man, or the inherent contradictions in the human psyche. Hindus know all about this. Kali, for example, is a goddess who is able to exhibit great mercy on the one hand, and extreme viciousness on the other. I have no problem with terminating children who have not seen the light of day, but once they do, we are pretty much obligated to keep them.
Maybe one of these days someone will wake up and realize that it would be beneficial for us to stretch the time frame a bit. It would be much more useful if we were able to legally terminate a child up until his or her second birthday. Once a child turns two-years-old, one would be obligated to keep it or give it to someone who wants it, but one would not be able to terminate it legally beyond that point.
This would solve much of the confusion about when a fetus is a living organism, or when it is morally acceptable to make a choice in favor of the parent(s). We would have a clear understanding of what is legally (and therefore morally) acceptable, and we could finally move past this archaic debate over human life.
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