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gamechief @gamechief (80) • United States 6 Oct 08

I've never been able to come to a conclusion on the matter. While I think it's wrong to kill a sentient being, it's impossible to tell at what point a fetus becomes sentient. I'm sure it's not self-aware at every stage since...

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gamechief The difference between a man beating his son and an abortion is that the child is sentient. The child knows he is alive and has a will to survive. It's the same reason beating a dog is "vile," but killing a spider isn't. There are living things like trees,...

14 Oct 08

gamechief @gamechief (80) • United States 6 Oct 08

I've never been able to come to a conclusion on the matter. While I think it's wrong to kill a sentient being, it's impossible to tell at what point a fetus becomes sentient. I'm sure it's not self-aware at every stage since...

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gamechief Fixing an "oops" is exactly what you do when you make an "oops." By that logic, if you spill soda, you should just let it dry and let the floor be sticky. Wiping it off with a wet cloth is just a "quick fix" for those that don't want to deal with a sticky...

11 Oct 08

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gamechief @gamechief (80) • United States 6 Oct 08

I've never been able to come to a conclusion on the matter. While I think it's wrong to kill a sentient being, it's impossible to tell at what point a fetus becomes sentient. I'm sure it's not self-aware at every stage since...

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gamechief It's not that people think the child is going to grow up to be a mass murderer. It's that if you're going to say the child's going to grow up to be a doctor, lawyer, businessman, etc., it's just as fair to say he or she will grow up to be a less-than-decent...

7 Oct 08

gamechief @gamechief (80) • United States 6 Oct 08

I've never been able to come to a conclusion on the matter. While I think it's wrong to kill a sentient being, it's impossible to tell at what point a fetus becomes sentient. I'm sure it's not self-aware at every stage since...

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gamechief While I agree with you on prohibition not working and causing more harm than good, the debate tends to be on whether or not the fetus has rights.

7 Oct 08

gamechief @gamechief (80) • United States 6 Oct 08

I've never been able to come to a conclusion on the matter. While I think it's wrong to kill a sentient being, it's impossible to tell at what point a fetus becomes sentient. I'm sure it's not self-aware at every stage since...

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gamechief keymandan, it's not that one can't find a child to adopt, it's that people are picky as to which children they adopt. Ugly children do not get adopted, not do children who have gotten "too old." The only reason it's hard to find a child to adopt is because...

7 Oct 08

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gamechief @gamechief (80) • United States 6 Oct 08

I've never been able to come to a conclusion on the matter. While I think it's wrong to kill a sentient being, it's impossible to tell at what point a fetus becomes sentient. I'm sure it's not self-aware at every stage since...

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gamechief keymandan, see my reply to Taskr36 on the first page as to why trees and fetuses (not babies) are similar. If a fetus deserves rights because it can possibly become sentient, then a sperm deserves rights because it can possibly become alive.

7 Oct 08

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gamechief @gamechief (80) • United States 6 Oct 08

I've never been able to come to a conclusion on the matter. While I think it's wrong to kill a sentient being, it's impossible to tell at what point a fetus becomes sentient. I'm sure it's not self-aware at every stage since...

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gamechief It is not possible to be sentient at conception, as the fetus has not yet developed a brain in order to be self-aware. The fetus is ALIVE at conception, but sentience is not synonymous with life.

7 Oct 08

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gamechief @gamechief (80) • United States 6 Oct 08

I've never been able to come to a conclusion on the matter. While I think it's wrong to kill a sentient being, it's impossible to tell at what point a fetus becomes sentient. I'm sure it's not self-aware at every stage since...

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gamechief eden32, the whole immoral doctors thing that bestboy19 is talking about is when a doctor performs an abortion that isn't deserved. Let's assume the law says a woman can only have an abortion in the case where giving birth will seriously harm the mother. If a...

7 Oct 08

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gamechief @gamechief (80) • United States 6 Oct 08

I've never been able to come to a conclusion on the matter. While I think it's wrong to kill a sentient being, it's impossible to tell at what point a fetus becomes sentient. I'm sure it's not self-aware at every stage since...

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gamechief To take a strictly political standpoint, a fetus wouldn't count as a U.S. Citizen until birth and therefore wouldn't have the same rights.

7 Oct 08

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gamechief @gamechief (80) • United States 6 Oct 08

I've never been able to come to a conclusion on the matter. While I think it's wrong to kill a sentient being, it's impossible to tell at what point a fetus becomes sentient. I'm sure it's not self-aware at every stage since...

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gamechief What if you get pregnant through no fault of your own? Such as a rape victim.

7 Oct 08

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gamechief @gamechief (80) • United States 6 Oct 08

I've never been able to come to a conclusion on the matter. While I think it's wrong to kill a sentient being, it's impossible to tell at what point a fetus becomes sentient. I'm sure it's not self-aware at every stage since...

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gamechief You should read my reply to Taskr36 on the first page. While a fetus is alive at conception, it's not uncommon to believe that it takes more than solely being alive to make murder and/or abortion immoral. The determining factor, depending on who you ask, is...

7 Oct 08

gamechief @gamechief (80) • United States 6 Oct 08

I've never been able to come to a conclusion on the matter. While I think it's wrong to kill a sentient being, it's impossible to tell at what point a fetus becomes sentient. I'm sure it's not self-aware at every stage since...

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gamechief I don't believe anyone claims to know when exactly sentience begins, or believes that sentience begins at birth. But what is known is that sentience cannot exist until after the brain develops during the 8th week of pregnancy, as you said. Therefore, abortion...

6 Oct 08

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