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   Scout to Attila   
   Re: Fetuses are unborn humans (1/2)   
   09 Sep 24 09:34:18   
   
   XPost: alt.abortion, talk.politics.guns, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh   
   From: me4guns@verizon.removeme.this2.nospam.net   
      
   "Attila"  wrote in message   
   news:5e9kdjl9cap0g5me61r1hsiharo16ptadn@4ax.com...   
   > On Thu, 5 Sep 2024 10:52:04 -0500, "Scout"   
   >  in alt.abortion   
   > with message-id  wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>"Attila"  wrote in message   
   >>news:udnhdjlj6rs7jehggpvbgmpdc9bc64up8b@4ax.com...   
   >>> On Wed, 4 Sep 2024 12:32:04 -0500, "Scout"   
   >>>  in alt.abortion   
   >>> with message-id  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>"Attila"  wrote in message   
   >>>>news:7o2hdjtgfbm88lbebpsd9196be77d5j39r@4ax.com...   
   >>>>> On Tue, 3 Sep 2024 12:44:13 -0500, "Scout"   
   >>>>>  in alt.abortion   
   >>>>> with message-id  wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>"Attila"  wrote in message   
   >>>>>>news:mg9edjdt6thjia329fbkaemvnevtl2u72c@4ax.com...   
   >>>>>>> On Fri, 30 Aug 2024 12:33:51 -0500, "Scout"   
   >>>>>>>  in alt.abortion   
   >>>>>>> with message-id  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>"Attila"  wrote in message   
   >>>>>>>>news:sg04djd7rqq89ob3sh8ap36qn2f9abamfc@4ax.com...   
   >>>>>>>>> On Fri, 30 Aug 2024 12:19:57 -0500, "Scout"   
   >>>>>>>>>  in alt.abortion   
   >>>>>>>>> with message-id  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>"Attila"  wrote in message   
   >>>>>>>>>>news:1av1djl7ib5dv5dlqda6tunpr1bu2j9shc@4ax.com...   
   >>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 29 Aug 2024 16:54:18 -0500, "Scout"   
   >>>>>>>>>>>  in alt.abortion   
   >>>>>>>>>>> with message-id  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>"Chris Engstrom"  wrote in message   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>news:FaHzO.87673$FUV7.55798@fx15.iad...   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> On 8/28/2024 4:15 AM, NoBody wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 27 Aug 2024 17:05:06 -0700, Josh Rosenbluth   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 8/27/2024 2:11 PM, Just Wondering wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 8/27/2024 2:03 PM, Attila wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 27 Aug 2024 12:35:03 -0600, Just Wondering   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>  in alt.abortion with message-id   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> {snip}   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The fact that any of them even exists shows that   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> fetuses   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> are unborn humans.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No one questions the species involved - simple DNA   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> proves   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that.  The issue is at what point an individual human   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> being   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> comes into existence.  Historically it has never been   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> prior   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to live birth.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Historically you are wrong.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The laws involving a fetus and a born child prove you   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrong.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> After birth a child can inherit, be a tax deduction, be   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> counted in a census, own property, be a citizen under the   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> proper laws, and need a passport, again under certain laws   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in certain locations among other things.  None of this can   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> apply to a fetus.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> There's your problem.  You write of statutes.  I speak of   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> biological reality.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> There is no "biological reality" about whether a fetus is a   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> person.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> And   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> personhood, not "human life" or "unborn human" is the   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> debate.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Actually you avoided the use of the term "baby" which is the   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> term   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> we've been discussing from the beginning.  Why is that?   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> Because neither a developing fetus nor an embryo is a "baby."   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> And   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> neither   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> one is a person.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>So then if you punch a pregnant woman in the belly and cause a   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>miscarriage   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>then it's just simple assault and wasn't really murder?   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> The laws in effect under RvW took that into account.  Any   
   >>>>>>>>>>> laws defining the killing of a fetus as murder specifically   
   >>>>>>>>>>> excluded a woman getting an abortion.   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>Which only proves my point.. otherwise why would an exclusionary   
   >>>>>>>>>>condition   
   >>>>>>>>>>be necessary?   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> That point was address in the part you clipped:   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> "Under your scenario the local laws could define that act as   
   >>>>>>>>> murder.  It would be murder because it was legally defined   
   >>>>>>>>> as murder without addressing the "unborn human" issue. Local   
   >>>>>>>>> laws can define the killing of a dog as murder, and if the   
   >>>>>>>>> law survived court scrutiny it would be valid."   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>As I said.. a double standard.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Not at all.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> This entire argument boils down to the question of who has   
   >>>>>>> the primary rights when a woman is pregnant, the woman or   
   >>>>>>> the fetus/baby/whatever.  A choice must be made as it is an   
   >>>>>>> all or nothing situation with no possible compromise which   
   >>>>>>> satisfies both sides.  The pregnancy is terminated, or it is   
   >>>>>>> not.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>Yep, and unless you're going to claim a baby has NO rights until after   
   >>>>>>being   
   >>>>>>born.... then at some point the rights of the fetus to exist and   
   >>>>>>continue   
   >>>>>>exist supersede those of the mother.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Why should the rights of the potential individual exceed the   
   >>>>> rights of the existing individual?   
   >>>>   
   >>>>Because their existence is no longer a matter of potential but of   
   >>>>physical   
   >>>>fact.. specifically the point where they could survive outside the   
   >>>>mother.   
   >>>   
   >>> Fine.  Remove it and let someone else take care of it.   
   >>   
   >>Sorry, but you are responsible for your offspring. Many well established   
   >>court rulings on that matter.   
   >   
   > There are many ways to give up  a child for adoption.   
      
      
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