Abortion and suicide: same result, different views

Abortion is an accepted
form of killing 

It is a philosophical oddity that the world accepts abortion but rejects suicide, even if both operations are intended to induce death. This hypocrisy is directly influenced by the doctrine of extrinsic value, in which the beholder assigns value based solely on what he or she sees from a particular subject. Mainstream civilization states that the preborn person has no value solely because the subject has not yet exited the birth canal. The same civilization also states that suicide is a great loss solely because the suicidal subject spent extended periods with the community or made several contributions.

Acceptance of the supporters

While the pro-life movement rejects both abortion and suicide, our methods of treating their supporters are very different. We readily give full voice to abortion supporters, which in turn allows them to reveal all of who they are. We have no problem listening to pro-abortion statements. As for this open mind on the abortion issue, we, the pro-lifers, can devise effective and powerful solutions and systems that could one day abolish abortion.

Meanwhile, in the case of suicide, we are not giving any voice to the people who support the operation. We even threaten suicide supporters with criminal charges. Anti-suicide campaigns had little success because they never listened to pro-suicide voices. As for the suppression of voices that justify suicide, we can never understand and instead keep wondering aimlessly why suicide happens at all.

No issue can be resolved effectively, and no adversity can be abolished until we listen to both sides. Suicide is no exception. So that we can abolish suicide for good, we have to allow suicide supporters to express their views, just as we allow abortion supporters to express themselves.

Reviewing the reasons suicide has a place

Resolving suicide requires us to look into the origins of it. We already know the stated reasons for abortion and subsequently formulated highly accurate solutions to abortion. This time, we have to open our minds and look into the origins of human suicide. I would like to present a conclusion from anthropologist Charles MacDonald—

"People want to end a state of psychological or physical anxiety … The victims simply want to go. They don't mean to change things. The common denominator of all cases examined here is pain or stress – physical, mental or emotional. The suicide wants to stop hurting."

I would also like to present another conclusion from evolutionary biologist Olivia Judson—

"Suicide is an essentially human behavior…I'm not sure what this means, but it has made me think. We live in a way that no other animal has ever lived: our lifestyle is unprecedented in the history of the planet. Often, we like to congratulate ourselves on the cities we have built, the gadgets we can buy, the rockets we send to the moon. But perhaps we should not be so proud. Something about the way we live means that, for many of us, life comes to seem unbearable, a long, melancholy ache of despair."

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