The entire argument against abortion seems to hinge on the idea that an embryo, no matter how small, is an actual human being. Anti-abortionists consistently refer to human embryos as babies, children, and people. I have great trouble understanding or accepting the idea that a clump of two, four, eight, or even 4000 cells can even be called a "baby", or that a blastocyst has the same legal rights as I do. Or that when I was a blastocyst, I had the same legal rights as my mother, etc.
Incidentally, please don't educate me on the Christian doctrine that "all human life begins at conception"; I'm quite aware of it, and it has no place in a discussion regarding the public domain. Try to use arguments that will make sense to people outside your faith; if you plan on living in a secular democracy, it's what you have to do.
2006-08-26
14:07:01
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