And they try again...

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(01-24-2017, 03:05 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Does when matter? If the idea of being a person with unalienable rights is a social concept, the scientific side matters slightly less, does it not?

Let scientists hash that out and don't politicize it either as a pro-choice or a pro-life argument.

Hell, fetal viability, established as the benchmark in Roe v Wade, doesn't say "this is when life starts" it just says that "this is when the fetus can survive outside of the womb". We all acknowledge that fetuses of a certain "age" that can still be legally aborted are living.

I think this is just legislation that people are making a big deal out of. Reminds me of people freaking out over Trump naming his inauguration day Patriotism Day or something. Every President does that. Obama's was Day of Renewal and Reconciliation. Bush's was Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving.



Edit: Feel free to tell me how wrong I am. I teach the social sciences, not the natural sciences.

Right.  Roe vs. Wade is a balancing act between when the rights of the woman supercede the rights of the fetus and vice versa.