(October 14, 2013 at 12:12 am)whateverist Wrote: Since all the consequences of that behavior accrue to just one sex I can't help but feel the need to shut the fuck up about what women should do when they find themselves with a pregnancy they do not wish to carry to term.
But not all the consequences fall on the woman if you believe the embryo to be a human being, which is what Tiberius' point is. I don't agree with him, but his reasoning is that he is defending a human life.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell