Quit, Retry, Abort?
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The main arguments against abortion is that even if it is small, it is still alive. This argument is itself retarded, since that was never the point of contention. Of course the fetus is alive. Even bacteria are alive. The questions are at what point do we grant personhood and when that soon to be person's right to exist overshadows the parents desire to not have a child. Bearing in mind that at the moment of conception, 'it' has no brain, heart, gender, emotions, pain, brain waves, mind or self awareness. It does not know it exists, cannot feel anything and won't miss itself when it is gone. It will gradually gain those things and at some point must be recognized as a person. If it were surgically removed intact from the mother and given food, water, oxygen, medical attention and anything a person would need, it would still die. The point at which I would grant personhood is the point at which you could remove it intact and it could sustain itself. There is no one agreeable point to make that distinction, but it is less arbitrary than simply being inside the mother. In any case it would be more fair than 3rd trimester abortions with a postponed delivery date.
