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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 09:53 AM Original message |
Has SCIENCE ever weighed in on the issue of "personhood"? |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
1. No |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 10:05 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. And a philosophical one. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
3. I support a woman's right to choose an abortion or not. |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 11:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. I still think the OP makes a good point. |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
4. Yes and no |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
5. And what's their take on the Corporation as a person? |
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cyborg_jim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
6. It cannot be answered scientifically |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 11:54 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. It can't be answered scientifically because "personhood" |
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cyborg_jim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 04:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. It's not so much that it's subjective... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 08:45 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Well, what about slaves? Or little girls in some cultures or |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
7. I do not believe abortion rights depend on when "life begins", but on the right of a woman |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
8. Is an apple on a tree life? Yes, in the sense that it is "alive," but |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
11. Doctors "wrote" Roe v Wade. In that sense they weighed in on the issue. |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 12:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Well said. People should read you post. |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 04:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. basically it is an absolute right in the first two trimesters |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 04:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Is that even really 100% true? |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 07:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. no, in the 2nd trimester it is up to the woman alone |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
12. Well, it's pretty obvious that each individual starting with conception |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
16. "person" is the province of philosophy. "Living", "human", etc. are the province of science... |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
18. One biological principle that may be applicable |
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Clintonista2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
19. In highschool my philosophy class had an abortion debate and |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
21. You are a person when you are born, not before |
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slowry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 08:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. 5 minutes before birth? n/t |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 07:25 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. That's laughably extreme |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
25. "person" == "soul". Get it now? |
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