SLAVERY | ABORTION |
Dred Scott 1857 7-2 decision |
Roe vs Wade 1973 7-2 decision |
Black Non-persons | Unborn Non-persons |
Property of Owner | Property of Owner (Mother) |
Choose to buy- sell- kill | Choose to keep or kill |
Abolitionists should not impose morality on slaveowners | Pro-lifers should not impose morality on mothers |
Slavery is legal | Abortion is legal |
REASON | ABORTION | EUTHANASIA |
Usefulness | a burden | a burden |
Wanted | unwanted | unwanted |
Degree of perfection | handicapped | handicapped |
Age | too young | too old |
Intelligence | not yet conscious | not really conscious anymore |
Place of residence | in the womb | in a nursing home |
"Meaningful life" |
"does not yet have" Roe vs Wade |
"no longer has" Euthanasia Bills |
Cost | too poor | too poor |
Numbers | too many children | too many old folks |
Marital status | unmarried | widowed |