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Originally Posted by peter12
but that the way some people treat abortion is the same way that slaves were treated in the South. As in, he's not a man, he's my negro slave or it's not an individual human being but a lump of tissue that can be removed.
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The major differences are as follows:
1. A slave is capable of survival outside of a womb; an embryo or fetus is not - until around 24 weeks, and only then with intense medical care.
2. The possession of a slave does not fundamentally alter the physical body of the possessor, nor is it a potential risk to the life of the possessor.
3. The possession of a slave does not, generally, require the complete re-arrangement of a persons life in order to properly care for said slave.
4. A slave is not necessarily a life-long commitment. Slaves, by their nature, can be bought and sold or exchanged as goods.
While I understand that the argument you are making is a moral one - that fetuses are regarded as not-human, much like slaves, you need to acknowledge is that there are identifiable, physiological differences between a fetus and a full-grown human.
Whether you view human
potential as the same thing as
actuality is a personal choice, but it is necessary to at least recognize that those people who do not have some sound arguments to back-up their position.