Declan on 19 January 2008
If you accept the Cartesian notion that self-awareness is what it takes to "be", then I think it is difficult to defend abortion, since the nervous system starts to form very early on (some biologists suggest within the first 4 weeks), and sensory perception must qualify to some degree as awareness.
And Gobias, if you think that you could only oppose abortion if you've only just crawled from under a rock, you are clearly a buffoon. It's not about blindly accepting some religious dogma; it's about considering competing and sometimes complex arguments and reaching a conclusion that differs from yours.
