(February 9, 2013 at 7:33 pm)The Germans are coming Wrote: Yet, the catholic church has the strict position that a fetus is a person.
It also rejects the laws which state that a fetus doesnt have the right to personhood.
Guten abend Deutsch-lander!
Yes, from the science of human embyrology we know an unborn child is a human being, created at the moment of conception.
At that moment, a life is created with 46 chromosomes, 23 each from his/her fathers sperm and mothers egg. A form of life with 46 chromosomes is called a human being
The only difference between a human being at that moment, and a human being aged 10, 40, 60 or 80, is time.
(February 9, 2013 at 7:33 pm)The Germans are coming Wrote: Therefor they are hypocritical when arguing in a court that a fetus is not a person, since they contradict their own legal position which they have previously expressed.
The hospital is not arguing any point, its just referring to what the law says: an unborn child is not a person.
The defence is based on the laws own statues, not Catholic doctrine. It is the legal definitions which count in a court-room, not what Catholic doctrine says.
There is no hypocrisy involved.
People are only saying there is, because they want that to be the case!
Take it easy!
GS
