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IntrepidBurger 1 point ago +1 / -0

That has more to do with immediate perceptions of life. If you were tasked with saving either a plate of fertilized zygotes or a box of crickets, most people would save the zygotes.

A born human "appears" more alive than an unborn one, but that doesn't make an unborn child not alive and human in the same sense as a born one. I imagine you agree with this because you likely have some issues with killing an unborn child that is one day away from being born.

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loveshock 1 point ago +1 / -0

I imagine you agree with this because you likely have some issues with killing an unborn child that is one day away from being born

I straight up said I dont agree with late term abortion. Did you miss that part?

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IntrepidBurger 1 point ago +1 / -0

That simply reinforces my point.

At what point does the baby go from "human life worth preserving because it has human experiences" to "just a clump of cells, no loss if it dies"?

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loveshock 1 point ago +1 / -0

I just want to be clear: A baby is already a life worth preserving.

To me a zygote, an embryo, and early development fetuses are not.

You are under the assumption that there is a specific point. But that point does not exist. That's why I err on the side of caution and am against late term abortions.

But there is a large difference between a 38 week fetus and a 7 week one. It is dishonest to equate the two.

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IntrepidBurger 1 point ago +1 / -0

That's just my point. There is no line. It's all just perception in the mind. People have a much easier time stealing from someone who is not physically present versus someone who is; this does not mean that it is a lesser crime than stealing from someone who is present! Same for someone they don't know vs. someone they do, etc.

Similarly, a developing zygote may not resemble a human as much as one that is about to be born, but that makes it no less a human life. If you can't delineate a point, then you agree that it is always the same - a human life with the same right to life as developed humans.