@ Tibs...
How old does a fetus have to be before you consider it a "human"? Do you consider a bunch of cells human?
And what has "human" got to do with it? Isn't that speciesism? Doesn't the same equally apply to animal fetuses? Surely it can only be when the fetus is able to experience as much or more pain and suffering than the mother would if she didn't abort? I think I'm against super late abortions whereby the fetus is almost being born... because by that stage it is less of a fetus and more of a "baby", surely the question has nothing to do with whether the fetus is "human" or not (let's not succumb to speciesism) but instead has everything to do with whether the fetus is a baby yet, or alive yet, or conscious yet, or capable of suffering yet, and not just a bunch of cells.
Are you against stem cell research? When the sperm meets the egg do you consider that a human? Why do you care about it being a "human" rather than being a conscious creature as opposed to a bunch of cells? To only care if it is "human" is surely speciesism?
How old does a fetus have to be before you consider it a "human"? Do you consider a bunch of cells human?
And what has "human" got to do with it? Isn't that speciesism? Doesn't the same equally apply to animal fetuses? Surely it can only be when the fetus is able to experience as much or more pain and suffering than the mother would if she didn't abort? I think I'm against super late abortions whereby the fetus is almost being born... because by that stage it is less of a fetus and more of a "baby", surely the question has nothing to do with whether the fetus is "human" or not (let's not succumb to speciesism) but instead has everything to do with whether the fetus is a baby yet, or alive yet, or conscious yet, or capable of suffering yet, and not just a bunch of cells.
Are you against stem cell research? When the sperm meets the egg do you consider that a human? Why do you care about it being a "human" rather than being a conscious creature as opposed to a bunch of cells? To only care if it is "human" is surely speciesism?