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Originally Posted by Kostya
I hear your statement Meri, but I have to ask, what is the difference between a baby one second before and one second after the 'moment of birth'? I for one can only think of one thing, namely that the child is receiving oxygen in a slightly different way, namely by breathing.
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The difference is that one is a human being and one is a foetus. I must admit I'm not 100% comfortable with this but there has to be a line drawn somewhere. Saying that the human life begins anytime before birth leads us down a path which ends in a moralistic ban on all abortions.
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Originally Posted by spindles
Thirdly, I was going to mention financial/situation reasons, but even I don't think they are that strong a reason (ironically, the weakest reason I can list is probably the one used the most).
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Spindles, I fear you tried to disguise your support for this last point because you felt others would look down upon this. I think this is a valid reason for wanting to abort a foetus. I myself have been in this sitution in second year at uni. The girl in question done everything right, but still became pregnant when on the contraceptive pill. There's no way on god's green earth we could have financially supported this child, and I am completely comfortable with the decision we made and the reasons for making it.
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What's easier to believe: that a guy was born without sex in the manner of several Greek demigods and grew up to be able to transmute liquids and alter his body density yet couldn't escape government execution, or that three freemasons in a vehicle made with aluminum foil in an era before digital technology escaped our atmosphere, landing on the moon, broadcasted from there, and then flew back without burning up?
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