(October 16, 2014 at 12:15 pm)ChadWooters Wrote:(October 15, 2014 at 6:37 pm)Dolorian Wrote: In the case of such a permanent injury there is nothing the victim can do about it, which is not the case in a rape which results in pregnancy, where there is the possibility of having an abortion.I thought we were considering, for the sake of argument, that the unborn are human beings. In that case terminating a human life to save another is analogous to forcibly removing the vital organ of a stranger to save your own life by transplant.
(October 15, 2014 at 6:37 pm)Dolorian Wrote: Maybe, but so is preventing the woman from having a choice in the matter in this particular case.So you agree that there is a trade-off within that choice: the death of one human being for 9-months of liberty.
You will first need to present a convincing justification for claiming a fertilized egg is a human being.
You have failed to do so, and until you do, your argument is meaningless.
Skepticism is not a position; it is an approach to claims.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
