Summary Of Abortion: A Modest Proposal

The mass harvestation and slaughter of newborns is not a viable proposal for the government at this time. While allowing the mother’s of children to contribute to society is an admirable goal, there are several flaws within this modest proposal. To begin; voluntary abortions, truly a wretched practice which has swept through the Irish nation. While this proposal claims that the practice of butchering infants will reduce the murders which mothers commit, their is evidence which shows to the contrary. Think for a moment, a mother has the vile choice of abortion, or selling her infant son to the cleaver. This is to say, a mother has the choice of ending her child’s life, or receiving coin from a man who plans to do the same. Certainly, this proposal will reduce voluntary abortions, just as it shifts the guilt from mother to butcher. Regardless of why a murder is committed, it is unacceptable for britain's subjects to commit murder, as such, butchers would share the shame that aborted mother's face. Furthermore, the estimates provided within the proposal leave the legislation at a loss for words. To consider such an economically radical proposal takes much effort, which these meager …show more content…
While the proposal would fantasize about ensuring safer marriages and respectable conditions for up and coming mothers, we fear this would not be the case. As the proposal has stated, a portion of the populace would be left alive for breeding; which opens the door to prostitution. Certainly if women wished to breed, they could sell themselves on the streets until they are breeding. This would allow the women to net a profit on their own, independent from any man. But, like prostitution, this might also pave the way for organized breeding, much like a brothel operates an organized sex trade. The prospect of respectable marriages for women is promising, but the prospects for degrading women’s status is just as