I AGREE with the idea that a person should be able to do what they want with THEIR OWN body. I just disagree the assessment that a baby = a mother's body.
It's so tiring and frustrating to fundamentally disagree with others on what I see as basic reality.
The "Personhood" angle is a distraction from the real point which is: At conception you have a Human. Humanhood is prior to Personhood. Since the being is a human kind of being at conception, then it is wrong to murder it - regardless of what stage of development the little human is at.
What kind of life begins at conception?
Human life.
It's wrong to kill humans, even really small humans.
"i don't know if I agree with that blanket statement... its pretty natural for any animal to engage - as a group - in warfare or death-battles against others of their own kind."
Well, we're not merely animals. So the comparison falls flat.
If one uses the Animal Kingdom to determine how Humans should interact, then one opens the door for all sorts of indecencies.
Rape and incest account for less than .86% of all abortions. Yet these are the main reason provided for keeping abortion legal. We shouldn't use the exception to create/mandate the rule. Adoption is a viable option for those rare instances. And why aren't we talking about a more serious form of punishment for the abusers or rapists in these scenarios? Rather than implementing punishment upon the innocent "human" life in the womb, lets turn the discussion on the instigator and what should be done to him in order to lesson these instances even more.
I AGREE with the idea that a person should be able to do what they want with THEIR OWN body. I just disagree the assessment that a baby = a mother's body.
It's so tiring and frustrating to fundamentally disagree with others on what I see as basic reality.
The "Personhood" angle is a distraction from the real point which is: At conception you have a Human. Humanhood is prior to Personhood. Since the being is a human kind of being at conception, then it is wrong to murder it - regardless of what stage of development the little human is at.
What kind of life begins at conception?
Human life.
It's wrong to kill humans, even really small humans.
Well, we're not merely animals. So the comparison falls flat.
If one uses the Animal Kingdom to determine how Humans should interact, then one opens the door for all sorts of indecencies.
Rape and incest account for less than .86% of all abortions. Yet these are the main reason provided for keeping abortion legal. We shouldn't use the exception to create/mandate the rule. Adoption is a viable option for those rare instances. And why aren't we talking about a more serious form of punishment for the abusers or rapists in these scenarios? Rather than implementing punishment upon the innocent "human" life in the womb, lets turn the discussion on the instigator and what should be done to him in order to lesson these instances even more.