Reply #112: The argument...

[lyonspotter]

...that abortion is not murder, as you say, "because...the fetus can(not) survive outside the womb" is a weak and unconvincing argument. You are alleging that the fetus is not a person unless it can survive outside the womb, but this point of view overlooks the fact that a child removed prematurely at 5 months can still survive with great medical assistance. The medical assistance is not a womb, and yet we would still call that which was prematurely removed a human being. It isn't an elephant. The fetus is housed within another person who has rights, but among the creeds of our democracy is a right to life and liberty for all persons, and this absolutely should include the fetus which has personhood (regardless of being in the womb or not, as shown above. A baby born after the 9th month can also not survive without perpetual care, but it suddenly has rights because it is outside of the womb?).