(May 21, 2014 at 11:59 am)Heywood Wrote: Just because 2 beings both have a right to exist doesn't mean both have the same hold the same value.
And you still haven't answered why you value the baby over the zygote. Am I going to get an answer?
(May 21, 2014 at 11:59 am)Heywood Wrote: Further, if you took your position to its natural conclusion then a parent is under no obligation to use their body to pick up a sick child and take it to the doctor....which is silly.
No! That is completely wrong. I'm talking about a persons right to their body and their bodily functions. A foetus relies entirely on the mother and there is no way around it. Trying to equate taking a child to the hospital and carrying a child around with you for 9 months against your will, is ridiculous. That is definitely not the 'natural conclusion'.
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'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech