Presumably they do not like the conclusion, that abortion ought be permitted. — Banno
the world does not always divide up as neatly as you seem to supose. — Banno
But I’m not going to hide from the evidence about what an abortion is just because some other people might use it to make bad law and treat people badly. — Fire Ologist
You have an understanding of the nature of a loaded question. You are asking a loaded question. The aim is rhetorical, to "derailing rational debates... - the recipient of the loaded question is compelled to defend themselves and may appear flustered or on the back foot" (source)You didn't answer my question Banno. Let me try again: DO YOU THINK that the zygote has a right to life? Any right to life at all? If so, then what does that right to life entail in your view? — Bob Ross
Yes. To keep the state out of it.
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I’m actually anti-abortion-without-exception — Fire Ologist
You didn't answer my question Banno. Let me try again: DO YOU THINK that the zygote has a right to life? Any right to life at all? If so, then what does that right to life entail in your view? — Bob Ross
I agree abortion ought to be permitted. What a pregnant woman does or does not do with her pregnancy and her body is none of anyone else’s business, particularly not the state. — Fire Ologist
I can’t conclude a human zygote lump of cells is anything other than a stage in the one life of on individual human being. Adults can be called lumps of cells too, so that doesn’t help. — Fire Ologist
How do you explain preferring choice up to six months to keep the state out of it but actually being anti-abortion-without-exception? — praxis
What about you? How far would you go to save a dying zygote? Would you hook your body up to it for 9 months? What if it meant you would be bedridden during that time?
No one here is, I think, arguing that abortion be made compulsory.
Cool. We could even leave it at that. — Tom Storm
This is probably a quesion of values. I don't particularly value such cells. An adult human being (Mrs Smith of the previous discussion) is in the world, interacting, making choices — Tom Storm
I get that not everyone is going to agree with me that the long chain of events that is a person’s life includes the moments they were conceived. — Fire Ologist
I am pro choice because abortion policy is a practical issue — Fire Ologist
Why not before that? — praxis
Some may view it as an ideological issue. — praxis
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