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Originally posted by wolf
Chain her to a post and make everybody move 100 yds back ...
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All right. I knew I'd get a bunch of smart ass responses to this. Let me put it in plainer language.
As I see it there are two main questions involved here (along with some ancillary issues) :
1) Do you think a fetus should have rights? If it does, at what point during pregnancy does it begin having rights? If you think a fetus should have no rights, do you think the woman was morally correct in what she did? If not, what do you base that on?
2) If you think a fetus has rights, how do you balance that with the rights of the mother? Do the needs of the fetus outweigh the rights of the mother because it's life is at stake?
I'd rather hear whether you think this woman was morally correct. The issue of legality I don't find very interesting.
These are difficult moral questions. If you can't answer these, then admit (at least to yourself) that you're just emoting and not thinking.