It was a strawman because you misquoted what I said in order to make my position easier to attack.
You said:
Just looking at what you said there, it seems very clear to me that you were implying I was saying we should kill mothers if their child dies in childbirth. Which to me is just as wrong as choosing to kill the child.
Again, it's not a strawman.
1. You're saying that even if the mother has a high chance of dying in childbirth, if the child has an even slight chance of survival that it should be done anyways. In most cases, again, the child will be dying as well. That's literally what I restated, only in less vague language.
2. There is basically no reliable way to tell whether or not a child will survive a child birth in which they will most likely die. Pregnancies are not an exact science.
3. Most likely outcomes in your ideal world: Both die. Less likely outcome: Mother survives, child dies. Even less likely outcome: Mother dies, child survives.
4. Most likely outcomes in a world with abortion: Mother survives, child dies. Less likely: Mother dies, child survives. Even less likely: Both die.
It's a clear net loss of life. Greater good theorem in action yo.
