For what it's worth, I think Zeffy has a valid argument *IF* we all agreed that the fetus has rights equal to any other citizen. If you wake up...
When you have to resort to quoting her political opponent, it suggests you could not find an honest quote from Clinton to support your case. By...
I find quantum computers interesting, but have not had the time (or the need) to figure out how to program one. I deal with more mundane problems...
Obviously one of them relied on inflammatory rhetoric instead of objective fact, and the other addressed the fact that late term abortion is legal...
So you don't like it if somebody takes away your choice.
I find your posts are very insightful and thought-provoking. I never (knowingly) read Sir Roger Penrose, but I would probably agree that we do...
The pro-life claims I have read from medical professionals focus on things like the presence of sensory nerve cells, and postulate that the fetus...
I am not convinced I know either. We can confirm that plants do not have cells that form organized neural assemblies in response to stimuli and...
Catching up here (I apologize for the delay). You are correctly understanding my position. I suppose I use the term "mind" more than "brain"...
Rocks and plants do not have a functional brain. Some plants will "withdraw" upon touch, but that does not mean they are conscious. It is a...
The drastic changes in sedative content and oxygen level are scientific observations, and those facts do not depend on the type of birth (vaginal...
1- When you said earlier "In that case isn't it our moral duty to protect them as they can't protect themselves?" you are (a) making the...
The link leads to a video on YouTube from a 2012-11-27 lecture by Baroness Susan Greenfield on The Neuroscience of Consciousness. Most of the...
I would agree we have a moral duty to protect actual persons who cannot protect themselves, but the fetus is not yet a person. The Bible...
That is not the way to move a discussion forward, but answering questions does open one up to risks.
True... Even those who object to abortion on religious grounds find it hard to make a case against fertility treatments (the "choose life" slogan...
That is an interesting idea (keeping the newborn in an unaware state). We sometimes induce a coma to allow people time to heal. If we induced a...
Which qualities of a human being (as in "person-hood") are you saying you do not know how to verify?
The injury done to the fetus happens before it has objective moral or ethical standing. It is valuable (for its potential) to the pregnant woman...
Indeed, most of us do not have enough respect for the other species on the planet. If a company created an environmental factor that harmed the...
Lots of sensory nerves are in place, and connected to the primitive brain stem by week 20. Those nerves allow the heart to beat, and they provide...
It is fair to say person-hood is a human invention. We might accept Koko the gorilla as a provisional person because she was able to learn and...
We already have reason to believe a gorilla might qualify for person-hood... but that is not because of its DNA, or its beating heart, or the fact...
We have similar perspectives on the issue (I think) and I do appreciate your input. I try to approach the forum as a way for each person to get...
Indeed... we all tend to focus our arguments on the clearest examples we can find and that usually leads to one extreme or the other. It does...
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