(May 28, 2013 at 10:59 am)littleendian Wrote:(May 27, 2013 at 10:38 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: A fetus is not yet a baby.That's really what's at the core of the issue, I'm sure we all agree nobody may kill another human, whether it's their child or not. But when does the foetus become "another human"? Certainly the egg and the sperm are not yet a human being, and I'm sure most of us agree that even the fertilized egg is not yet a human, but certainly the baby that pops out nine months later is. Somewhere in between there is a point where we have to acknowledge there is now another person with rights of their own. For me the most reasonable line used to be the one where the phoetus/baby could survive on its own, i.e. could be born without major developmental issues and grow into a healthy human being even if it never once saw the mum. I'm not so sure anymore...
I agree with most abortion laws as they stand (third trimester=not ok), but they're still a bit arbitrary. If the laws didn't exist and it was simply left up to the person housing the potential baby, I'd still be ok with it.
