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God-given reason on the designs found throughout Nature, designs which presuppose a
supremely intelligent Designer, as well as reject ideas and beliefs which go against your
God-given reason, such as all of the "revealed" religions and their false claims to possession
of "the word of God", to "miracles", etc. That's it.
Deism is not "conservative" nor "liberal". Deism and Deists follow the dictates of Reason
and Nature. Regarding controversial issues such as abortion, gun control, etc., Deists are
free to make up their own minds based on their own God-given reason. There are Deists who
are on both sides of these issues. The only way to resolve these issues is to have a free
exchange of ideas with open minds from people on both sides of the issues. In that spirit this
article on abortion is presented. For a rebuttal article please click here. If you'd like to
submit a rebuttal or counter-rebuttal article, please send it in the body of an email to.
Should abortion be legal? This article will draw a distinction between abortion for
convenience sake, and abortion for medical reasons, as well as abortion in the limited cases
of rape/incest.
Looking at the issue of abortion, relying solely on reason which is a requirement of being a
Deist, it becomes obvious that abortion for convenience sake is wrong. The key argument for
proponents of this act is that a woman has a right to her own body. This is a true and correct
statement. All people have a right to do to their own bodies what they will. However, the
fetus, or unborn baby, is a distinct individual. Even though it resides inside its mother, it is a
separate entity genetically. Its DNA is completely its own, and different from its mother's
DNA. From the moment of conception, it is an entirely separate genetic individual.
Therefore, the argument in favor of abortion on demand, or abortion for convenience sake,
that a woman has a right to do as she wishes to her own body, is not applicable to the
question of abortion, since the mother's body is different from that of her baby, or fetus. It
does not matter what a group of men in the form of the US Supreme Court said about the
issue in Roe v. Wade. What matters to a Deist is reason, reality, and life, not opinion.
Regarding abortion for medical reasons where the mother's life is in jeopardy, that should be
left to the discretion of the mother, family, and doctor. It's true, the mother and the unborn
baby are still two separate individuals/entities, but under these difficult circumstances, it's
truly a personal decision for those directly involved. It's akin to a mother and child falling
into dangerous river rapids and a family member or bystander must decide who to save. It's a
terrible decision that must be made. Regardless of the decision, one life will be lost and one
saved. This situation differs so fundamentally from abortion on demand, which is to kill the
unborn baby for convenience, as opposed to choosing which life will be saved.
Abortion in cases of rape and/or incest should be treated the same as abortion for medical
reasons. It should be up to the victim of the rape or incest what she wants to do in this rare
and terrible situation.
The overwhelming number of abortions in the US are done for convenience. As the State of
California reported, ". . .abortions for medical reasons are extremely rare ..." Thus, if abortion
on demand was made illegal, many thousands of lives would be saved every year. And life is
the most valuable gift anyone can give or have.
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The below pictures illustrate the fact that the unborn baby is actually an individual person.