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Originally Posted by Jozrael
I don't think we're violating the fetuses intrinsic rights by killing it: it can't comprehend its own death. However, I feel that I am eliminating the rights of the future person to life. Hence why I believe that life begins at conception, not for any religious reasons.
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By intervening, eliminating the existence of a person, I dont think you had actually intervened with the rights of the person who never came to existence.
legally what is the permissible age of a fetus for abortion? what is the basis of this age? Has it got to do with any developmental stage of organs?
fetus, infant, baby, kid, youth, adult are all different levels of life of a person. They are all not necessarily same. Even a young baby can only suffer a death but cannot comprehend its death. That is still death. But I dont know I some how think a fetus's abortion is not same as a infant/baby's death.
In certain religions, they dont consume anything other than vegetables. no meat, no dairy, no roots (carrot, potatoe, etc - they are roots and hence they have life). And they eat only the very tender (young) vegetables. They wear mask to prevent very small life forms being swallowed or sucked. I think the clue here is the most tender vegetable has least level of life!