[tjinaz]

That is true in a practical sense but in the academic/logical/legal sense it is not. Same is true of the abortion laws. At what point does a fetus cease to be simply a mass of living flesh in the womb and start to be considered a baby? That debate is ongoing and the core issues are the same. What would be the difference between a late term abortion and a killing a newborn? If you are looking at a developmental sense there is little difference in whether it is still in the mother or out? Also what is the difference between a premature baby and a late term abortion other than one is in and the other out of the body. To me it is mostly the desire of the parent and legally is not considered a childs rights issue but a woman's health issue. This is the leap that the ethics people in the article are making. A different set of standards as to what is considered life.

A lot of grey in all of this.