Why is it necessarily immoral? — DingoJones
Isnt there at least a process or scenario where a discussion might take place about how far along the “baby” is and how developed it needs to be to have rights? — DingoJones
The discussion - go for it. Opposing the rights of women - wrong.If there is a discussion, a debate of any kind, then how is it necessarily immoral? — DingoJones
Was the post that got your attention a rhetorical device? Consider it a grumpy response to those who think God tells us how to behave.Is this purely ground you must stand because it so soundly dispells the anti abortion position? — DingoJones
The discussion - go for it. Opposing the rights of women - wrong. — Banno
...you seem to have something else in mind. — DingoJones
At the completion of conception there is a 100% human, 100% alive, 100% unique fully human being. That is fact, and non disputable — Rank Amateur
Not really. The usual trimester arrangement - around Week 24 or 25 - will do for most purposes, using viability as the main criterion. — Banno
Not really. The usual trimester arrangement - around Week 24 or 25 - will do for most purposes, using viability as the main criterion — Banno
And so does every flap of a butterfly's wings. If you grasp this then Marquis goes out the window. If you do not grasp it.. — tim wood
His argument, then, is of the form, if a, b, c ,are true, and we assume them to be true, then x, y, z follow. This is not a mature argument, rather it is an exercise - and on the presumption that the author knows these things as well or better than you or I (Indiana is a no-joke philosophy and English school), you should wonder just what his point was. In short, I disqualify his argument for lack of substance. — tim wood
a cyst is not a fetus, or an embryo, it is a cyst — Rank Amateur
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