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Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
But one could also see permitting "abortions" in the first few days, on the theory that a just-conceived embryo really isn't sufficiently like a person to warrant protection.
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I know that is your theory, that a just-conceived embryo really isn't sufficiently like a person to warrant protection. However, what I have yet to hear explained is how you arrived at that theory. Why is an embryo not sufficiently like a person to warrant protection. What is it that makes a being sufficiently like a person to warrant protection?
And why is viability the line at which a fetus becomes sufficiently like a person to warrant protection? What is so special about viability that it tips the scales in favor of the fetus rights? Oh wait, scratch that, it is the particular person/involuntary servitude thing. Sorry, I forgot. I was distracted momentarily by all the pretty colored marshmallows floating in my cereal.
