re: #336 Decatur Deb

Keep pulling on that thread, and soon someone has to define what a right is, and where they come from.

in this context i dont see why. i dont think they need to be defined any better than is already commonly understood. and where they come from doesnt change the argument.

you have the right to bodily integrity and your body parts. who argues against this?

i think the best political argument to use (in the usa) is the consistent constitutional one. people have rights. non people do not. this argument keeps abortion legal.

to return to the original, moral or religious arguments re abortion are opinions.
they are masquerading as “facts” while they are not facts. a zygote is not a person and has no rights. The proper legal status of healthy, second and third trimester fetuses is less clear because its nature is changing over time.

The point or line (if there is one), of where a life truly begins is a matter of fact and circumstance and application of specific criteria. Similar to how we determine “death”. That time may be as yet specifically unknown. When it is known with surety and consistency, it will no longer be a matter of interpretation or “faith”. Whether faith, scientific/medical proof or some other mechanism eventually leads to an objective, generally accepted position is a separate discussion.