(October 9, 2016 at 1:08 pm)Whateverist Wrote:(October 9, 2016 at 3:24 am)Excited Penguin Wrote: Personhood may be a legal term, that's not all it is, though. Personhood may also be used outside of its legal connotation to be discussed as an idea, whether casually or philosophically.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the nature of the English language. Few words avoid multiple usage. No one is forbidden any other usage just because it fails to apply as a legal term.
All irrelevant really. In comparison to circumcision, abortion is way more complicated in that there is a conflict that is challenging to resolve without really inconveniencing/harming one of the parties involved. Should an unwanted pregnancy be allowed to be ended if the mother cannot handle it (especially before it is too late to get it done)? Or should women just suck it up and stay pregnant for all nine months against their will?
Now where is this sort of dilemma when it comes to infant/child circumcision?
