| elprincipe said: It may appear all people with an anti-abortion viewpoint hold that viewpoint for religious reasons, but it's simply not true. I should know; my viewpoint has nothing to do with religious views. As for a dead body having its own genetic code, yes of course that's true, but remember that when we are talking about a human fetus we are talking about a living, growing person with his or her own genetic code in addition to the other things I mentioned. I only mentioned genetic code because some people seem to have the curious belief that the child is part of the mother since he or she is inside the mother. |
Then you can not assume that I am merely rationalizing for conveniences sake.
And we are not talking about a living growing person in the view of many. Having a beating heart, unique genetic code and growth do not qualify automatically to be a person rather than a mere being. Defining personhood is impossible as there will always be disagreement on where it begins.
Another point of view would be where life becomes viable that life is then an independent being and as such a person.
"Also, towards some people here, is that really wrong to act on morals and have motherly feelings? I'm not saying I want to impose this on someone else, because I know women who don't think the same at all, but abortion is something I wouldn't do because of how I feel about it."
That is one post which I agree with more than anything else in the topic, its a womans choice in my opinion and I wish for it to stay that way.
