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Originally Posted by punky
Interesting side note to this: Abortion is legal on the understanding that a foetus isn't a person.
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Yeah, that's why it has been suggested to give the foetus an injection before evacuating it (by whatever gruesome means) - so it doesn't 'feel' anything.
http://www.spuc.org.uk/ethics/abortion/methods
I think no-one would argue that the foetus is only a person after birth - it is quite clear that it is a 'person' well before that point. But is it when it gets a basic nervous system (15 days), its heart start beating (18 days) or when it starts moving (7 weeks)...
http://www.spuc.org.uk/ethics/abortion/human-development
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Originally Posted by punky
However, it seems the laws can change pretty erratically to suit a purpose. Scott Peterson was convicted of a double murder, his wife was pregnant, and he was convicted of killing her unborn baby which theoretically should make all abortionists, serial killers.
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They probably are...