Michael M. wrote: > It seems to me you can only equate abortion with murder if you believe > that a fetus equates with a human being (in terms of the human rights it > should be accorded), in which case viability is not an issue because > even a not-yet-viable fetus should be accorded those same rights. > That's certainly a valid point of view, but no more or less valid than > the view that a fetus is not a human being entitled to the same rights > accorded a human capable of conceiving a fetus. >
Take any "fetus" (at whatever stage of development): Kill it in the womb - it's "abortion". Kill it outside the womb - it's "murder". Location, location, location. === >From the moment of conception, _nothing_ is added to the "fetus" except nutrition. The idea that a fetus is not a human means that what matters is the number of cells the organism has, not what the cells are. === I think it's reasonable then that half the population considers abortion murder, even if the pols and dictionary writers do not. === Roberto C. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Every time I see men fighting about abortion, I wonder who the **** are > they to tell women what to do with their bodies? > > Every time I hear of a woman having yet another abortion, I wonder who > the **** let them have another child? > Ha ha-h-h! You don't see the irony here? You're complaining that no one should "control a woman's body" (when there's arguably another individual's life hanging in the balance), yet you think someone should "control a woman's body" to prevent her from getting pregnant. You anti-control-freak control-freak ;-). === Now if only these OT threads could be aborted (after all, they're not really "Debian" - they're just clumps of tissue, like a rotten tooth that needs to be extracted ...). -- Kent West Westing Peacefully <http://kentwest.blogspot.com> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
