• Pussycat
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    If you did read my text then you'd understand that life within different stages is still life. According to your logic it would be equally right to kill a newborn child as to an abortion state fetus as they both haven't really developed into full consciousness.EpicTyrant

    And in fact what you say, has been proposed, they call it "After-birth abortion".

    https://jme.bmj.com/content/39/5/261

    Abstract

    Abortion is largely accepted even for reasons that do not have anything to do with the fetus' health. By showing that (1) both fetuses and newborns do not have the same moral status as actual persons, (2) the fact that both are potential persons is morally irrelevant and (3) adoption is not always in the best interest of actual people, the authors argue that what we call ‘after-birth abortion’ (killing a newborn) should be permissible in all the cases where abortion is, including cases where the newborn is not disabled.
  • TheMadFool
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    And in fact what you say, has been proposed, they call it "After-birth abortion".Pussycat

    After-swallowing chew :chin:
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