(June 20, 2014 at 8:56 am)Irrational Wrote:(June 20, 2014 at 8:53 am)Heywood Wrote: I was just disputing Minimalist's claim that fetuses are not human beings under the law.....they are. I'm still burnt out from the last abortion thread so I have no intention in getting into the nuts and bolts of this one.
I don't know what the laws in America say, but (as far as I'm concerned) the abortion debate should not really be about whether or not fetuses are human beings or persons.
Debating if fetuses are human beings is like debating if the earth is round. You are correct in that we should not be debating whether or not fetuses are human beings as this is completely obvious(except to the stupid and incredulous). Personhood has a place in the debate I think so I disagree with you there.