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In reply to the discussion: Richard Dawkins: ‘It Would Be Immoral’ to Give Birth to A Child with Down’s Syndrome [View all]Brettongarcia
(2,262 posts)... deciding to abort such a fetus or not, would still be a woman's individual choice?
In other words, Dawkins and 90% of all women in this position, may 1) feel themselves, personally, that it is not moral to take such a fetus to term; but 2) still many would impose their own personal moral sense on others. E.g.: they would allow a woman in this position, to make the choice to continue with or without an abortion. Though some might regard not aborting immoral, they do not feel it is a serious enough infraction to make it illegal.
Often in fact, many of us allow people to do things we do not consider moral; believing that that morality is not firm enough to impose our value judgment on others.
(By the way, I was rather surprised at the rejection of your OP questioning atheists' sanity; I believe that this OP might have made for interesting discussion. I do not believe the position advanced there was entirely good or moral; but I am not sure it really was even your position. Certainly it would have been a useful starting point for a discussion).