SamuelRSmith on 20 January 2010
| famousringo said: BTW, there are philosophical underpinnings behind the idea that a fetus isn't a person. Seems less cold than simply stating that you can't murder what isn't a legal citizen. I don't think that personhood is something that should flow from the state, either. |
Yeah, I understand that some people view a foetus as a human being, and I can see where they're coming from. I just don't think that the state has any right to prosecute a person who hasn't attacked one of their citizens.
It's like the Amanda Knox case - she was an American who killed a Brit, murder is against the law in the USA, but the US state didn't try her, Britain did, as the victim was a British citizen.
That's my view, anyway.
