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If abortion is morally acceptable yet fully prohibited by law, then everyone under the law is being treated wrong but fairly. Wrong because their reproductive rights are taken away. Fairly because everyone is being treated equally.
If a law is passed such that whites are not allowed to have an abortion, then whites would not be treated fairly, but blacks would no longer be treated wrong by the law. There is a sense in which it's better for some people to be treated right than none at all, and there is a sense in which it's not better to treat people unfairly.
How should we regard a law where it's unfairly applied to whites yet brings no wrongs unto blacks? Easy, we should view it negatively, but which is the lesser of the two evils? Would you be in favor of unequal treatment on the abortion ban issue if the outcome greatly benefits such a large number of people? I suppose the instinct is to say no, but if the alternative is that the reproductive rights of all blacks are spared, then at least there is some good among the wrong.
I'm curious about how different segments of races view this issue. Would liberal whites be aghastly against it? Would conservative whites be gleefully in favor? Would wealthy blacks find it appalling? Would the poorer black gracefully consider it a blessing? Or is every view going to reflect the collectives views of our small group?
If a law is passed such that whites are not allowed to have an abortion, then whites would not be treated fairly, but blacks would no longer be treated wrong by the law. There is a sense in which it's better for some people to be treated right than none at all, and there is a sense in which it's not better to treat people unfairly.
How should we regard a law where it's unfairly applied to whites yet brings no wrongs unto blacks? Easy, we should view it negatively, but which is the lesser of the two evils? Would you be in favor of unequal treatment on the abortion ban issue if the outcome greatly benefits such a large number of people? I suppose the instinct is to say no, but if the alternative is that the reproductive rights of all blacks are spared, then at least there is some good among the wrong.
I'm curious about how different segments of races view this issue. Would liberal whites be aghastly against it? Would conservative whites be gleefully in favor? Would wealthy blacks find it appalling? Would the poorer black gracefully consider it a blessing? Or is every view going to reflect the collectives views of our small group?