The Abortion Question

[Brownshoe]

(09-29-2015, 07:58 PM)fredtoast Wrote: The law may change with advancements in technology.  But courts have to deal with reality, not philosophy.  And right now in the world of reality a fetus is not an individual because it is impossible for it to survive outside the womb until the third trimester.

In reality the courts are allowing people to take away life, because technology isn't advanced enough. You want to try and act like the courts can't deal with philosophy, but it's a simple undeniable fact that becoming a individual IS based on philosophy. There is no black and white facts that say when people become "individuals". They are basing becoming an individual on technology that we have now, and not if it's a human life or not (which obviously it is).