Quote:How does the unborn have rights when there isn't even a semblance of intelligence to approach even a shallow comprehension of the world around it?So, severely mentally handicapped people also have no rights?
What about babies that are born blind and deaf? They don't have the ability to comprehend the world very well either. In fact it takes a remarkable amount of effort to teach them how to speak and interact with other people. Yet these aren't seen as potential humans.
At what point does a baby in the womb stop being a "potential human" and actually become one? Any point you pick during pregnancy is completely arbitrary, and I have no problems with that. I just believe the most logical arbitrary point is right at the moment of conception.
