On May 16, 2005, at 5:15 PM, JDG wrote:
At 04:51 PM 5/16/2005 -0500, Warren wrote:To me abortion is a personal decision. I don't expect it to be an easy
one when we're talking about a fairly anatomically developed fetus, and
I am proximally sure that legislatures need to keep their mitts out of
the oven entirely.
But infanticide is also a deeply personal decision, and certainly not
expected to be an easy one. Do you also believe that legislatures need to
keep their mitts out of that oven entirely as well? Or do you believe
that it is acceptable for legislatures to intervene in that decision?
The problem there is that your reasoning does not reduce. There is a distinct difference between, say, a blastocyst and an infant. The question is not even when the zygote becomes "human". The question is what "human" actually means.
-- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress "The Seven-Year Mirror" http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf
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