On Jul 16, 2007, at 5:12 PM, Derek Kalweit wrote:
> I'm very much against the legislation of morality.
Good, because that never works.
> Legislation of 'morality', however, must be done at some point to
> prevent theft,
> murder, etc.
That line is when the interests of society outweigh the rights of an
individual.
> The 'line' when it was
> determined human life was defined as conception pre-Roe vs. Wade, and
> now I believe it's defined as birth. I'd personally prefer to see it
> in the middle somewhere, but that's far more complex to implement.
The line is currently viability: can the fetus exist by itself.
Until that point (which itself is not hard and fast), it cannot be
considered as independent of the woman in which it finds itself, and
thus cannot be considered a separate legal entity.
-- Ed Leafe
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