(February 24, 2012 at 6:45 pm)padraic Wrote: There is no inconsistency and your argument is tu quoque. (appeal to hypocrisy)Me is when brain activity starts
However,as far as I'm aware, most pro life people reject the claim that a first trimester foetus is a person. (as do I) A condemned felon is usually an adult being punished for his actions,which are deemed to have been the result of a free and informed choice ..
Me? I'm pro choice, seeing abortion only as a medical procedure,between the woman and her doctor . Nor do I see anything "special'' about humans. We are just another species.Our sentience makes us arrogant and self important.
You mean sapience, because almost every animal species is sentient