Originally Posted by
Mallymkun
In my view, abortion should be illegal in all circumstances. If conception is the all-consuming veto over human life's inception and beginning, then any line draw after conception is wholly arbitrary. Thus, I fundamentally believe that innocent human life should be protected at all developmental stages under the pretense that the deliberate taking of innocent human life is wrong & immoral.
Other users in this thread clearly believe that the deliberate taking of innocent human life is sometimes permissable.
So as soon as an egg is fertilized, it's immoral to do anything about it? What do you make of the multitude of lifesaving (and life-enhancing) benefits that embryonic stem cell research provides us with?
You said any lines drawn are arbitrary, but they're not plucked out of thin air. There's a stark moral difference between the termination of an unthinking, unfeeling mass of cells and a sentient second trimester fetus. Just as there's a stark moral difference between end the life of your brain-dead comatose mother and Larry (perfectly healthy) who lives down the road. The particulars are important in these kinds of things.
You religious at all? Or you just tryna be a 'hyper-logical' devil's advocate?