To abort or not to abort

[Heywood]

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?

In my view any being with a future expectation of personhood should be given moral protection. That does not mean we need to go out of our way to insure its survival. It means we should not take action to insure its destruction.