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Contrary to your meandering rant on Thomas Aquinas, there have been non-religious sources that have said the same thing. I do, however, accept the contentious nature of that issue. I also find it asinine and puerile of you to go off on a fundamentalist rant when I never once mentioned God or the Bible as a reasoning for my stance on abortion. I advocate many policies that are antithetical to the fundamentalists and my own religious beliefs are quite different than those of the fundamentalists. I hope the next time you engage in discourse with someone that you will not make baseless presuppositions.

The point of our conflict is that you and I disagree on what makes a human special and worth more than an animal. You believe it is the actual development of certain traits. I believe what makes us humans unique is our genetic code which allows to develop complex brains capable of abstract thought and et al. That is why I view an embryo or a fetus as inherently human and deserving of the most basic human right...the right to life. Personally, I think a right to life supersedes a right to choose. However, I would allow abortion in certain instances and I may even bend on abortion if it allows for a reasonable consensus between both parties.