RE: Abortion/Consciousness/Life
October 4, 2014 at 10:27 am
(This post was last modified: October 4, 2014 at 10:27 am by Chas.)
(October 4, 2014 at 10:17 am)Losty Wrote:(October 4, 2014 at 10:01 am)Chas Wrote: No rights are absolute. One person's rights are limited by other people's rights.
The definition of when a fetus becomes a person is the crux of the abortion question. Once it is a person, the woman's right to autonomy is trumped by the baby's right to life.
If personhood is defined as starting at birth, then you can abort up to that last moment.
If personhood is defined at some earlier point, then you can't.
I disagree no one else's right to life trumps my right to my body. Why should a fetus be granted special rights that other people are not given?
The fetus has not chosen to do anything at all - but you have.
You've had more than six months to exercise your autonomy. However, by not exercising it you made a choice. The decision was yours all along - until there is another person.
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