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The entire abortion debate is a really tricky one for me.
On rights: I think that a woman has the right to choose abortion. I also believe that all men should stay-out of the discussion.
On politics: I suspect that those with a political agenda are sticking their noses where it doesn't belong. Religious nutters will vote for politicians who make abortion illegal.
On science: If 9 months is too late to abort, then what is too late? 8 months? 6 months? 1 month? What is the science behind the decision and why?
Science & Philosophy (it gets blurry here). Who we are, is defined by our brain. A person is a person because of our brain. Can we think at 1 year old? On the day we are born? At month 6? At month 1? At which point does the first brain cell become a brain? When it splits into 2 cells? At what point does this group of cells become a thinking person?
And is it necessary to define a difference between a person, and a potential person?
I can easily say that Sperm is not a person, and an egg is not a person, or potential person. But when the swimmer hits his target and cells start dividing, a person begins growing. So then is aborting that person, murder?
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