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Originally Posted by Stu Pidasso
Because its okay to sometimes kill members of the **** sapien species for matters of convience....correct? Cause if the real abortion debate centers around who is worthy of moral consideration then its okay to kill members of the homosapien species for convience as long as they are not worthy of moral consideration.
Correct?
You use this word "convenience", which undervalues women and proves my point about pro-lifers and women's rights. Someone who actually cared about the needs of women and the reality of unplanned pregnancies would not characterize an abortion as a matter of "convenience".
That said, it is, in fact, OK to kill certain members of the **** sapien species if they are inside a uterus and the owner of that uterus doesn't want them there. Because, as I said, membership in the **** sapien species alone doesn't mean you have a right to life.
EDIT: Oh, and by the way, yes, since Roe, which held that fetuses have different rights at different stages of development, came down, pro-lifers have been scrambling to pass as many statutes as they can that say that fetuses have the same rights as born babies. However, Roe (as modified by Casey) is still settled law. Those statutes do not prove anything and do not extend beyond their precise terms.