Poo-poo for SF then. I want this decision to be difficult for people. Do you want a disclaimer that this game does not reflect the real world?
I thought about it last night. I'd pick gay marriage to win. The gay marriage could bring us closer to a more equal society without potential second-class citizens. I don't think democracies should have second-class citizens ever.
With abortion, there are ways around abortion. Adoption is an available option and there are plenty of different contraception methods to choose from. Obviously, these are not going to work in all instances, and I know about those times where the pregnancy is dangerous to the mother, but I think those instances are far fewer than the number of people who might like to get married and receive the same rights as their sexual counter-parts.
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To answer TW's questions....
If such medical procedures were possible, should they be mandated? Is preserving the viability of life that important? What are the rights of the persons involved - me, the surrogate mom, the biological father, and the eventual newborn? Who covers the medical costs of carrying the baby? Who has dibs on keeping the baby or deciding its fate of where it goes to live? What if the baby is not born perfect, but has serious defects of one form or another. What if I actively smoked, drank, or used drugs before I gave up my fetus, or if I was HIV positive?
I don't think any medical procedure should be mandated, but if this option was available I would hope it wouldn't be one of those kinds of procedures only the rich can afford.
Only if you view life as the most important.
I'd say the surrogate gets all the rights if she has to carry the fetus to term from a mother who doesn't want a baby. Possession is 9/10ths of law kind of thing. If this procedure is instead of abortion (meaning the current mom doesn't want the fetus), then the current mom should have no legal say in where the baby lives or schools or plays baseball. I don't think bringing an HIV infected baby into this world is fair to the baby. There is a reason why we sometimes put animals out of their misery.
I hope this doesn't turn the discussion *only* into an abortion debate, but I thought it nice to answer Watcher's questions.