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the G-man said:
The fact that the anti-abortion crowd may wrongly bring religion into it would seem to be no reason for you to wrongly bring a different religion into it...especially when Ray and I were seemingly discussing the scientific aspects.

You point about the cost and difficulty in keep said child alive is more valid. However, at this point it is effectively impossible to use medical care to breathe life into the inanimate. Therefore, the fact that a fetus can survive at that point, at a great expense, tends to show existing life.


jay's point is interesting. and since christians bring religion into it, its an acceptable aside to mention non-christian beliefs.
however, scientifically i would agree that at the point it can survive outside the mother it is alive. i think the point when its goo and a barely formed lump its definitely not a life.
Its shameful that people legislate the body like this. Many older beliefs (that are more nature-oriented) view the woman's life-giving power as important, not just some tool for the seed. i think the mother has a right to choose based upon the fact that its her body.
of course i probably said that already here, its an old thread and i didn't read too far back.

Bow ties are coool.