Yeah, I'm totally not following your arguments here. (Legal issue?)
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Now, unless you take the position that a fetus at any stage has the moral standing of a lintball but that magically at the moment the head crowns it suddenly becomes a full human person endowed with a complete set of inalienable rights plus a stylish carrying case, there's got to be a point at which you say, "Hrm. My liberal sensibilities tell me that I should advocate fiercely for a woman's right to choose, but I don't actually want people to treat abortion like a trip to the hair salon. What does my victory condition actually look like?"
The legal issue is: what degree of self-determination does a person have over their own body?
You're bringing up interesting biological questions, but I don't see how they relate to the legal issue. They are quite interesting from a philosophical standpoint, or a biological standpoint, or a moral standpoint.
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From the original post:
Now, unless you take the position that a fetus at any stage has the moral standing of a lintball but that magically at the moment the head crowns it suddenly becomes a full human person endowed with a complete set of inalienable rights plus a stylish carrying case, there's got to be a point at which you say, "Hrm. My liberal sensibilities tell me that I should advocate fiercely for a woman's right to choose, but I don't actually want people to treat abortion like a trip to the hair salon. What does my victory condition actually look like?"
The legal issue is: what degree of self-determination does a person have over their own body?
You're bringing up interesting biological questions, but I don't see how they relate to the legal issue. They are quite interesting from a philosophical standpoint, or a biological standpoint, or a moral standpoint.