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    Debate on Abortion.

    Four days without internet has put me a little behind in this debate. It's a scary thing going without the web. I had thought about it prior to determining my stance on the issue of abortion years ago, so no worries there. I believe that all human beings have the right to moral patiency...
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    Debate on Abortion.

    Yes, there's a chance that it might not be born healthy, but most of the time they are. And as medical science grows more and more advanced a child born with a defect is still capable of surviving long enough for that defect to be corrected (clearly I'm not a science major). But what should the...
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    Debate on Abortion.

    It's comparable to a stone in that it lacks sentience at the time being. But like I said before, the fetus [B]will[/B develop sentience, the stone however will not. It may be utilized by a sentient being, but it will never have the self determination allow itself to be used. As far as I can...
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    Debate on Abortion.

    Thanks. I've got to start writing these in separate documents while I get used to this place.
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    Debate on Abortion.

    Forgive my confusion, I was just trying to be concise. And no, my reason for protecting a fetus is not because I believe it can think or feel pain, but because I know that it eventually will. Thousands of years of recorded human experience proves that when a woman is pregnant with a fetus it...
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    Debate on Abortion.

    I had written a very long response to each of the above objections but due to a &%$#ing login error it was all lost and I no longer have the energy to do it all over again... So now I have to go through all the newer ones.
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    Debate on Abortion.

    But isn't the potential human being in question endangered as well, seeing as people are considering it's termination? I suppose it comes down to the value you place on individual human life.
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    Debate on Abortion.

    The difference between a carrot and a fetus is that a carrot will always remain a carrot and therefore lack sentience. A fetus on the other hand, provided all things go according to plan, will undoubtedly become sentient if given time to grow. Consider this situation. You've come across a nest...
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    Debate on Abortion.

    At 40+ pages it's a little difficult to determine what the ongoing debate is really about. In fact, even the first post seemed to be somewhat vague in that matter. Are we debating whether or not abortion is moral? Are we arguing that it should be made illegal or see increased legislation? Or...
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    Hello all

    I had already made my first post in another thread before noticing this forum section, so I guess I'm just catching up. I was raised as a Christian by my father, but in light of much of the scientific evidence pointing towards alternatives I've found myself in a state of extreme doubt...
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    horrors of religion

    First post. Here's hoping I don't muck it up. :) Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't China also have a staggeringly large female infanticide rate? What with it being a largely secular nation I find it hard to believe that religion is the sole cause of the problem.
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