Perhaps they should ask for a second opinion
The confusing Father Black.
Mrs Mauve contracts a form of flu which will result in her baby being blind. Although she could have an abortion, she decides to have the child anyway.[1]
Mrs Brown also catches the same flu and is warned against getting pregnant in the following six months or risk her child also being born blind. But she ignores the doctor’s advice.
Father Black, who’s supposedly an expert on morality, says that both women have done the right thing. But is he right himself?[2]
Mrs Blue is in the same position as Mrs Mauve, but knows of a herbal remedy which will protect the foetus. Yet she’s not prepared to stump up the money (the grand sum of 50p) for it.
But Father Black accuses Mrs Blue of betraying her unborn child and condemning it to a life of disadvantage. She says she won’t play God with its life.[3]
Who’s right and why has Father Black changed his tune?
I don’t know. Personally, I think Mrs Mauve should abort the foetus and try again, but it’s her choice. Mrs Brown just seems to be irresponsibly horny. Mrs Blue is being cheap and stupid. I assume that for the purposes of the scenario, Mrs Mauve never hears about the herbal remedy. Father Black takes a different line with Mrs Blue because she has access to this remedy, but Mrs Brown can also go without sex, which Father Black should approve of – unless he’s the one bonking her. Whoops, vicar, there go my trousers!
Notes
1. “Why am I a whiny bitch, mother? Because if you’d aborted me, I would’ve been born sighted and, therefore, wouldn’t be perpetually dependent on you.”
2. Father Black is, obviously, opposed to abortion, which means that from his perspective, Mrs Mauve is doing the right thing; but Mrs Brown is being knowingly irresponsible (or horny), which can’t be a good thing if she’s treating a potential life with such cavalier disregard. Perhaps the implication is that Mrs Brown isn’t using contraception which, again from Father Black’s perspective, is a good thing.
3. But how is taking the remedy any different from taking the child to a doctor after it’s born?
Mrs Brown also catches the same flu and is warned against getting pregnant in the following six months or risk her child also being born blind. But she ignores the doctor’s advice.
Father Black, who’s supposedly an expert on morality, says that both women have done the right thing. But is he right himself?[2]
Mrs Blue is in the same position as Mrs Mauve, but knows of a herbal remedy which will protect the foetus. Yet she’s not prepared to stump up the money (the grand sum of 50p) for it.
But Father Black accuses Mrs Blue of betraying her unborn child and condemning it to a life of disadvantage. She says she won’t play God with its life.[3]
Who’s right and why has Father Black changed his tune?
I don’t know. Personally, I think Mrs Mauve should abort the foetus and try again, but it’s her choice. Mrs Brown just seems to be irresponsibly horny. Mrs Blue is being cheap and stupid. I assume that for the purposes of the scenario, Mrs Mauve never hears about the herbal remedy. Father Black takes a different line with Mrs Blue because she has access to this remedy, but Mrs Brown can also go without sex, which Father Black should approve of – unless he’s the one bonking her. Whoops, vicar, there go my trousers!
Notes
1. “Why am I a whiny bitch, mother? Because if you’d aborted me, I would’ve been born sighted and, therefore, wouldn’t be perpetually dependent on you.”
2. Father Black is, obviously, opposed to abortion, which means that from his perspective, Mrs Mauve is doing the right thing; but Mrs Brown is being knowingly irresponsible (or horny), which can’t be a good thing if she’s treating a potential life with such cavalier disregard. Perhaps the implication is that Mrs Brown isn’t using contraception which, again from Father Black’s perspective, is a good thing.
3. But how is taking the remedy any different from taking the child to a doctor after it’s born?
Tomorrow, we’re asking Toni Chestnut to keep some annoyingly saintly guy alive at her expense. Well, in fact, we’re not asking and now she’s pissed off.
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