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by giantg2 427 days ago
I'm not sure why people get religious about this. The far more interesting approach is to try to use reason along side other current laws to determine the answer to two questions - what defines a human life, and when is it acceptable to take one? For example, trying to compare things like medical support for preterm babies to medical support of coma patients to investigate the logic behind viable fetuses vs various life support methods, etc.
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A similar interesting situation is how in some cases murdering a pregnant woman counts as a double homicide because the law includes the unborn child