(November 30, 2015 at 11:44 pm)Clueless Morgan Wrote:(November 30, 2015 at 9:12 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Again, the circumstances and nature surrounding a parasite and an unborn human are what make all the difference to me.
Are you're saying that you think it would be permissible for me to kill the parasite?
Yes, it would be permissible for you to kill a parasite or tapeworm. I don't know why that means it should also be ok to kill a human fetus. In no other argument do we use our treatment of animals (let alone of parasites) as a standard for how we should treat humans. It's ok to kill a tapeworm living in your intestines just as it is ok to kill a fish you're going to eat. The same cannot be said about humans, for either count.
...Unless of course, you are saying that a human fetus is not human. Again, if that's the case then we would need to take this discussion all the way back to the question of a fetuses' humanity. It's pointless to talk about this if we haven't settled that step yet. We are way ahead of ourselves.
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