I'm not especailly pro-life or pro-choice. I'm pro ideals.
Picking apart the logic of this issue is very enlightening about how we value and think about life and related "rights."
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Originally Posted by inri  Inside means it is completely dependent upon my life, body and very person-hood...it means that it is growing in and off of my body, my blood, my nourishment, my being. A fetus is 'attached' to the woman's body in such a way that you could say it is a 'part' of her body...as without the woman's body, there is no life, period. |
So, if a surrogate will have your baby for you, then you have no right to abort it, correct?
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Originally Posted by inri And...here's the two biggies...1. most will agree that as fully developed humans, we have autonomy over our own body...AND 2. a fetus is NOT a fully developed human (particularly at the stage that most abortions are performed) capable of feeling or perceiving anything, (according to what science currently presents regarding brain/nervous system development). |
Those are ideas about something real--a fetus.
More ideas. A fetus has it's own body, it's just dependant on yours.
A fetus has potential for life just as much as anyone else. Saying it's not a life is irrelevant.
t4488's hypothetical person (let's call him Bob) is equally dependent on you.
And my addition to the hypothetical, both Bob and the fetus are an equal burden or risk to you.
So, if you're pro-life, you must do everything you can for Bob.
If you're pro-choice you can kill the poor bastard.
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