RE: To abort or not to abort
March 27, 2014 at 4:10 am
(This post was last modified: March 27, 2014 at 4:10 am by tor.)
(March 27, 2014 at 4:08 am)Jacob(smooth) Wrote:(March 27, 2014 at 3:57 am)Heywood Wrote: Jacob, it is not that we grant personhood on the basis of potential. It is that we grant beings moral protection on the basis of future personhood. I think there is a subtle difference.
In my opinion a zygote is not a person. But remember it doesn't have to be a person to receive moral protection.
Ok, so in your view should a zygote have the same entitlement to protection as an embryo at, say, 5 weeks?
(March 27, 2014 at 3:38 am)tor Wrote: Anyway abort should be allowed but also avoided.
I watched vids and it's pretty fucking disgusting.
Most surgery is.
Yeah and surgery is only done if necessary for health.
Nobody is doing surgery for funz.