Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: snowstorm12
The ability to keep it's own body alive proves it graduated from fetus to human being.

Put a two-year-old out in the wild with no human intervention. According to the above statement, a two-year-old is not a human being because it can't keep it's own body alive for any significant length of time without human intervention, right? Conclusion: killing a two-year old is okay, correct? And don't give me the "artificial means" excuse. Either the child is capable of living without "human intervention" or it isn't. Don't impose a bunch of artificial conditions in order to find a loophole for infanticide.

454 posted on 07/20/2004 4:56:28 AM PDT by RogueIsland
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 438 | View Replies ]


To: RogueIsland
Put a two-year-old out in the wild with no human intervention. According to the above statement, a two-year-old is not a human being because it can't keep it's own body alive for any significant length of time without human intervention, right? Conclusion: killing a two-year old is okay, correct? And don't give me the "artificial means" excuse. Either the child is capable of living without "human intervention" or it isn't. Don't impose a bunch of artificial conditions in order to find a loophole for infanticide.

Viability is the correct line because the 2 year old child is viable and deserves rights because it's viable fully developed but dependant. Embryos and fetus are nonviable because they need to use a viable cooperative person to create or build itself. The 2 year old is already fully created. The parents are guardians not owners of the child. People own their embryos in ivf clinics.

470 posted on 07/20/2004 4:52:34 PM PDT by snowstorm12
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 454 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson