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Originally posted by Gutterboy
"Just because its a "human life" -- as the pro-lifers like to chant, thinking it gives them instant victory -- doesn't mean there are no possible justifications for ending it "
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Oh, yeah, I remember when Nixon announced we had "won" the War in Vietnam, too.
War, in fact, proves that there sometimes are reasons for ending or risking life, but they are usually pretty extreme, not inconvenience. So, I'm not totally unwavering. If the mother's life is at risk for sure, then I think an existing life with an understanding or its mortality gets precedence over an undeveloped one. So, you see, I'm not a pro-life militant of any sort. Just someone who believes in a rational approach to choices, and the idea that a fetus is not a life doesn't pass the giggle test. That it is not a person is a more substantial argument, because it is a matter of legal definition, not scientific fact. It's a scientific fact that a fetus is a human being (its DNA tells us that). Whether it is a person and what rights attach to it and what duties attach to us is a matter for the lawyers.