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Originally Posted by Ustwo
This happens to be when a child is viable outside of the womb. If thats where you think human life begins thats fine, but no amount of sophistry is going to change that. Regardless of its 'human' status a 23 week old fetus is that womans' child, and abortion is the right to kill that child. I find it hard to take the mind set that it is to be thought of as no more than a tumor in the mother, and having it removed no different than removing one..
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I dont think the term Tumor is in play here....nor the implications it places in the mind. The article is based on a scientific approach to what constitutes a human being, and though the author used the term "Parasite" in reference to attaching to the mothers internal organs, the use of tumor seems rather negative. The article further states that abortion after this stage, (human thought) is extremely rare and those few cases are mostly due to miscarriage.
If indeed we take the science for what it is, and assume the fetus is not yet a Human being, the ending of this pregnancy is akin to Killing an animal. The
ONLY reason to dismiss this (assuming the science is valid) is emotional/religious, and has no place in logical thought.
As far as the "Sophistry" ( A plausible but misleading or fallacious argument) of the Data.....I have no intent of attempting to explain, or sway you in this. The data however, are but a part of the picture painted by the authors words. The descision to use instead,an argument that has NO data to back it up, and has its basis on individual emotional response is impossible to counter, thus making debate .....pointless.