(June 5, 2014 at 10:39 am)DeistPaladin Wrote: Not me. By the 3rd trimester, the fetus meets all possible criteria, so there is objective justification to restrict 3rd term abortions.First, you're shifting goalposts. You had been saying 21 weeks, which is second trimester. This seems to be an admission that your preferred 21 week mark is arbitrary.
Second, it doesn't meet all possible criteria, as one possible criterion of personhood is autonomy, which the baby doesn't have. Others have opined that the baby may have a right to life, but not a right to life inside the mother's body.
Quote:But we do agree that you are guilty of this. Apparently, you're just fine with that.Yes, I'm honest enough to acknowledge that a matter of opinion is a matter of opinion.