re: What would you say to a Yazidi woman raped by ISIS who wanted an abortion?

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So logically and statically a woman is more likely to die from childbirth than having an abortion.

If a woman wants an abortion, what is the logical reason for her to risk death if she doesn't want to?

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I don't think morality is based solely on statistics, or else no one would ever do anything. Is it immoral to leave your house because you have a far greater likelihood of getting killed in a car crash while driving on the road compared to sitting on your coach? I don't think that's how it works.

If you believe murder is immoral and abortion is murder, then abortion is immoral. It's not immoral to die of natural causes, such is the case in childbirth, though, so it's not really an issue of dying, but how death occurs that impacts a moral decision.