11-08-2023, 08:35 AM
The idea of when a fetus becomes a person is not a scientific question and trying to frame it that way just muddies the waters. Personhood is a philosophical question with no firm answer. What has a firm answer? That the pregnant individual is a person and has a right to bodily autonomy. With no clearly defined answer as to the status of the fetus in regard to personhood, we should defer to the known person with rights because removing their rights without due process is not something the state should be doing.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
