Atheists, the death penalty and abortion...

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Definition of PERSON
1: human, individual —sometimes used in combination especially by those who prefer to avoid man in compounds applicable to both sexes <chairperson> <spokesperson>


Nope, looks like I do know the definitions of those words...
Care to redefine a person? Maybe a person doesn't (or didn't) exist as a fetus...

Or, alternately, we could just stop being difficult and see how bloody general that definition is. According to that definition a dead person is still a person; would you like to argue that one can murder a dead guy?

I think the key lies in that word "individual" there: how can we say that a fetus, not possessed of any of the experiences that make a person, is an individual? Or, hell, even human, really: it doesn't have any of the typical traits upon conception and a while thereafter.

We need a more specific definition to be useful, but you just go ahead, catfish: be as obtuse and frustrating as you want. It certainly wouldn't be any new ground for you.