christiantheatheist:

Abortion

Abortion is not murder. A fetus is not considered a human life.

If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and…

human life yes, person no, that’s how i view it, it’s less ambiguous. of course it’s life, and it’s tissue that grows into a human, but the spark of consciousness is what makes someone a person. someone braindead from an accident, they’re still human, all that made them a person is gone, they are meat, or organ harvesting wouldn’t be allowed. even worse, someone only has to fail basic brain function tests before they’re hacked up, many people have been hooked up to monitors that due to higher brain functions being measured, quite simply show they were cut apart while conscious, failing that test, they were no longer a legal person. in many places, until the age of majority a child has barely more rights than a pet dog, why should a fetus have more rights before it’s born? or more rights than an adult who’s had an accident?

(via reasons-greetings)