To abort or not to abort

[Heywood]

This is not a person.

Current personhood is not a requirement for moral protection. In many states if you assault a pregnant woman and that assault results in miscarriage then you can be charged with murder. Further, have you ever been under general anesthesia? A human being under general anesthesia is just a lump of tissue. It has no consciousness or feelings...yet if you were to shoot your arch enemy while he/she was on the operating table, your would be charged with murder.

All that is required for a being to receive moral protection is a future expectation of personhood. Embryo's, like the one in your picture are beings which have a future expectation of personhood. The argument that an embryo is not a person and therefore is not entitled to moral protection is bunk. We grant moral protection to non-persons all the time.

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Also I swear I am not a practicing board for debate. I suck at debate. I have zero formal education (for now). I want to be off talking about sexiness.

I do not believe abortion is wrong. You cannot change my mind on this subject.

Well perhaps then I can convince you that these problems are a little more nuanced then they seem with just a surface examination.

And really, if you do strive to be good thinker, with a well formulated and consistent world view, then your mind should be open to persuasion. You should be open to being convinced of things you do not want to be convinced of.

And last, if you read claims from people like Rampant A.I.....who think pro-lifers are just interested in controlling women.....you should recognize that as pure poppy-cock.