The abortion debate always misses the mark

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[–]ID10T 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Well said. I would add 3. When does life begin?

Does it begin at inception when the fetus is basically just a clump of cells, when the cells are greater in number and organized, when a heartbeat is detectable, when the fetus is potentially viable outside the womb...

But I agree that your number 2, does the fetus have a right to force the mother to bear it, is a fundamental question.

There's also the question of the viability of the pregnancy, e.g. should a woman be forced to bear an ectopic pregnancy. And the question of whether it's ethical to force the birth of a child that has terrible birth defects, e.g. the child will survive but be brain dead, a vegetable requiring lifelong life support.

[–]jet199Instigatrix 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I don't care when life begins.

The sperm and egg are both living cells. The skin cells you shed everyday were living cells.

Personhood is the question not life. Humans don't give a shit about the life of cells, or even whole animals, in most other circumstances.