"Brain function might be a good criterion. How many synapses do you want to decree as the dividing point, based on which we will now impose a law on the land, willy-nilly, governing the lives of the sexually active? "

I cannot specify a number- nor can you. So how can you state that a fetus with ANY number is NOT human, while someone after birth ( with brain damage, say) who has the same IS?


I do not claim to have the answer- I prefer to err on the side of caution, and NOT legalize the killing of those who MIGHT be human without a more serious reason than 'choice'. I object to the abortions in China of females, and of all unauthorized ( ie, more than allowed) children: I do not object to contraception, and allow for times when the possible life of a child has to be weighed against that of the actual life of the mother. Society makes choices all the time that allow for death of individuals for the betterment of the rest of society, but we generally object to the death of an individual for the benefit of another individual.