[QUOTE="J-man45"]So it's not a human being until it is actually born? Because murder of another human being is illegal.ZevianderIn Canada (not sure about the US), "life" is LEGALLY defined as starting "at birth". And the "murder" argument war already very succinctly addressed previously in this thread by another poster. If you read my post, you would have seen that I don't like abortion. In fact, I abhor it. But I don't believe in legislating my moral views. I believe in legislating the hard facts and the logic. It is illogical to not offer abortion, as it increases the tax burden on the state. It is illogical to offer abortions for first trimester pregnancies but not second and third trimester pregnancies (already discussed previously). It is illogical to draw an arbitrary line in the sand based on what you FEEL is wrong.
I did read your post, and I was more responding to the legal aspect of it. You say you can't impose your will legally, but if it's the law then it wouldn't matter. And yeah I'm sure it's been addressed already. I'm saying if the line wasn't arbitrary, and was instead drawn at a logical point where the baby is considered human, but, also like you would point out, would involve the "feelings" of a lot of people.
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