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That's true, but a person in a coma wouldn't have any awareness of being killed.
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...at least as far as you can tell.
We know there is brain activity. Therefore I would choose to err on the side of caution.
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If you kill a zygote, you take away all of its future consciousness
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You could say the same thing about the millions of sperm wasted every time someone masterbates. We cant base rights on what it
might become. Only what it is right now.
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1. Is it human? 2. Is it living? 3. Is it genetically distinct from the mother? If the answer is yes to all three questions (and it is), then a zygote is a person and so may not be killed without ethically negating everyone's right to life.
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That is insufficient for me. A zygote is not equal toa newborn child.
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Me: How do you tell a conscious being fron a non-conscious being?
Pretty much the same way you do.
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The existence of brain activity?
I dont want to put words in your mouth. That is why I am asking you to elaborate.
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Me: The alternative is worse. My solution is simply to apply the same laws we have now with regards to other people. Treat it as a person, and not an object. Dont draw a distinction. That is my solution.
The alternative being?
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What we have now; treating the fetus like property that can be disposed of by the mother if she see's fit.
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Banning it completely will do more harm than good.
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To who? Not much more harm you can do than death....thats about as bad as harm gets.
Banning it will result in fewer deaths. That doesnt sound like harm to me.
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Abortion should be legal, but it should be seen as the absolute last option. That is done through education.
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Can we make the same argument for slavery? "It is only ok as an absolute last option".