slowmutant wrote:
WRONG! A fetus is a very special cluster of cells because of its potential for human life. Each is a potential human beng, unlike tumours. You are exacly the kind of morally bankrupt individual that should never have access to abortions.
"Because of its potential for human life."
Oh well if we're going to base our decisions on the potential of things then we should never do anything. We shouldn't lock up criminals because they have the potential to cure cancer or we shouldn't cure cancer because a brain tumor has the potential to make someone really smart who will fix all the worlds problems but shouldn't because it would be infringing on the pure potential of everything.
That same cluster of cells also has the potential to kill the mother if the pregnancy goes wrong and the baby born (if their is one) has the potential to be the most ruthless dictator and murderer the world has ever seen.
You shouldn't try to selectively predict the future like that.
It's a mass of cells what might happen if left alone no one can predict.
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