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Originally Posted by Hansmoleman";p="
There is no need to ask the fetus; one of the few duties of the state is to protect life, even life that cannot communicate its own wishes. A fetus yearns to become a fully functional lifeform, and the state should protect it from being killed by women who feel they don't want to let them live.
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Actually, protecting life is not the duty of the state. If that was the states duty, there would be no wars, no killing of animals for human consumption, no capitol punishment and no state-sponsored assassinations. The state does not view all living things equally, therefore, its duty is to protect what it feels has value.
Anyway you feel, the government is bound by the constitution to protect peoples fundimental rights.