Originally Posted by
solecistic
Actually, that doesn't have to be a religious view. I'm pro-choice and I'm an atheist and I don't believe in souls, but scientifically speaking, we haven't actually written down a concrete definition of what, precisely, it means to be alive. If someone believes that life begins at a certain point, their moral imperative seems to be the protection of that life. You or I would certainly take issue with the abortion of babies post-birth, presumably because we can definitely say a baby who's been born is alive, even if it can't breathe on its own or if it's mentally retarded enough to have little brain activity, even if its heart needs help to beat on its own.
I don't know when life begins. I know what sounds reasonable to me, but I'm hardly qualified to impose that argument on others.
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