The following is a 4 message exchange between 4 users
@9FZKSH6 8mos8MO
The Constitution protects the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, to us and our posterity.
To pose a question:
If it is considered a double-homicide to kill a pregnant woman, why then, do some states disregard this human life in the case of an abortion?
@9FZLZK68mos8MO
there is a diferance between volentary and involentary erasure of life.
if an embryo can not survive outside of the womb (months 1-3) then it is not a full life and should be up to the parents determination to continue with its existance or not
@9FZKSH6 8mos8MO
"there is a diferance between volentary and involentary erasure of life." -Your quote. I agree.
In this quote, you are already accepting that the unborn is alive: you end the sentence with referring to the baby as "life."
However, you make a contradiction in your argument. After originally referring to the "embryo" as a life in the first sentence, you continue in your second sentence to say that "if an embryo can not survive outside of the womb (months 1-3) then it is not a full life...".
This is false, because to assume that something is not fully alive,… Read more
@D3legateChuck8mos8MO
The question of when life begins is a deeply philosophical one and has been debated throughout history. There is no universal consensus, and different cultures, religions, and legal systems have varied interpretations. For example, in Judaism, a fetus is not considered a person (nefesh) until it has been born. The Talmud, which is one of their holy books, states that if a woman's life is in danger, an unborn child may be aborted until the head has emerged from the womb.
On the other hand, the pro-choice argument is not necessarily about denying the humanity or life of a fetus. It'… Read more
