CL, that's your definition of life. Not the definition of life, and yours certainly isn't based on any scientific reasoning (brain activity, ability to feel pain, consciousness, etc). So no, I don't have to think that aborting an early term fetus is 'killing a human', thank you very much.
In any case, bodily autonomy is paramount for me in this issue. The rights of the woman to use her own body as she likes supersedes the rights of anyone else, even if we were to agree that a blastocyst had the rights of a human being. You're not asking for equal human rights for an embryo, you're asking for special rights above those that we would give ANY human, from a toddler to the Pope. No human in any situation can claim another's body to use as their own, and there's no reason we should give that 'special' right to a fetus either.
In any case, bodily autonomy is paramount for me in this issue. The rights of the woman to use her own body as she likes supersedes the rights of anyone else, even if we were to agree that a blastocyst had the rights of a human being. You're not asking for equal human rights for an embryo, you're asking for special rights above those that we would give ANY human, from a toddler to the Pope. No human in any situation can claim another's body to use as their own, and there's no reason we should give that 'special' right to a fetus either.
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