Reply #71: I don't think that it has the same rights or status... [View All]

[MellowDem]

as an adult or baby personally. The law already differentiates based on age. The legal matter in the US is certainly currently settled. But the "when life begins" or when there is "personhood" with all the rights that may come with it moral aspect never will be. And people are still using it as an argument to try to change the law. Which could happen if you get the right judges on the Supreme Court.

I personally think it is irrational to base the argument on when life begins or personhood, as all that usually happens is that people have a policy preferance, privacy preferance, etc. and then just shape the moral question to fit their view, which is very easy to do with something as ambiguous as "life" and "personhood".

Abortion is one of those dilemma issues where I don't think there can be a foolproof, correct moral aspect.