@najmelliw,
najmelliw wrote:Everyone knows that people can die in car crashes if they opt to either drive one, or are passengers. Does this mean they should then not make use of a car?
There are many reasons to avoid motor-vehicles, but you name a very good one. So, yes, I would say that if you can avoid taking the risks of driving in a motor-vehicle by taking some other mode of transportation that's less risky, that would be the best course of action. Why would you take unnecessary risk? If something goes wrong, you have to bear the consequences. You can't just murder someone if you run into them with your car. You have to help them, pay their hospital bills, etc. It's the same with pregnancy. You can't just kill the fetus, or at least you shouldn't be able to.
Quote:"Well, I know that truck plowed into the car from the side, killing the driver, but hey, he knew there was a chance he could die if he drove a car, so it's really his fault for driving regardless."
When the other person is at fault in the crash, that is akin to rape. If someone rapes you, you can claim the pregnancy isn't your fault. At the time of Roe v Wade, Texas law said a woman could legally abort a pregnancy if she filed a police report of rape.
Quote:A more apt analogy would be if the man accepted the babysitting job, only to find that the adult giving him the baby had gone to ground and disappeared, and the child has no other relatives: is this man now stuck having to actually take care of the baby indefinitely?
Biological mothers can give their children up for adoption if they can't or won't raise them.
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But is that fair to the man? He didn't agree to this situation, it was forced upon him. And now, rather than being paid for a job, he has to infer additional costs himself?
If you don't want the risk of someone abandoning their child or pet while you are babysitting or pet-sitting, don't take the job; because if you do you are going to be stuck with that child/animal until the person comes and gets them or until you take them to some organization that agrees to take over custody.