08-22-2004, 03:30 PM
(this may be late, but still relevant.)
there's a lot of talk about the rights that a fetus has, but i think [someone] is mixing democratic politics with theocracy. technically, a person has few rights until it grows from a 17-year-old child to an 18-year-old adult. legally speaking, of course.
now, i know that the circumstances of an abortion are a little extreme, since it would be generally intolerable for a parent to kill their teenage 'child' (though i know mine have contemplated it...), but to compare a fetus to a grown 'child' is unreasonable. legally, they have the same rights, but philosophically, they are worlds apart. when you mix religion and politics, things like that are often over-looked.
there's a lot of talk about the rights that a fetus has, but i think [someone] is mixing democratic politics with theocracy. technically, a person has few rights until it grows from a 17-year-old child to an 18-year-old adult. legally speaking, of course.
now, i know that the circumstances of an abortion are a little extreme, since it would be generally intolerable for a parent to kill their teenage 'child' (though i know mine have contemplated it...), but to compare a fetus to a grown 'child' is unreasonable. legally, they have the same rights, but philosophically, they are worlds apart. when you mix religion and politics, things like that are often over-looked.