re: #117 GunstarGreen

One of the great gaps in the whole abortion debate is that the two sides largely disagree on what does or does not constitute ‘human life’. The actual argument basically comes down to one side (pro-life) talking about whether or not it’s legal to terminate budding human life, and the other side (pro-choice) talking about what the legal definition of human life is.

This isn’t true. Aside from the one issue of abortion, ‘pro-life’ (by which I mean those with the political stance that abortion should be banned or strictly limited, not those who limit their own actions based on their own ethics) people do not treat zygotes as though they are human life.

In addition, the related positions held by most anti-abortion people clearly shows that the interest is in punishing women for sexuality, not defending life.

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