Originally posted by whodey
So your saying as long as I can murder someone without causing them to suffer its OK? What does suffering have to do with it?
The point I was trying to make is that there is more than one
criterium (human being, suffering, etc.) to determine whether abortion is acceptable or not. Whe should realize that every criterium is arbitrary. It's a matter of opinion, not of absolute truth.
Your
opinion is: you should not abort, for the foetus is a human being (*).
An other
opinion could be: you should not abort as soon as the foetus has a nervous system (it may suffer from the abortion).
A third
opinion could be: the (future) mother decides what she wants, whenever she wants it.
Etcetera, etcetera ..............
With regard to abortion, nobody has a monopoly on the truth. It's all opinions, as it is with so many things in life (the world would be a better place if theists would acknowledge this simple fact).
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(*) please note that every criterium to determine whether a foetus (in a certain stage of its development) is a human being is arbitrary too!