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Well the scientific basis is that you're killing another human (the fetus, scientifically, is another human, with its own genetics). Of course, you still need
by tomp 2y ago
Well the scientific basis is that you're killing another human (the fetus, scientifically, is another human, with its own genetics).
Of course, you still need a non-scientific, moral basis to decide whether murder is bad, and other circumstances pertaining to abortion (in general and each case specifically).
- mcphage 2y agoBoth “killing” and “human” are linguistic and philosophical concepts, not scientific ones. So “killing another human” cannot rest upon a scientific basis.
- tomp 2y agoHow so? "kill" = "cause to cease living", "living" is pretty well defined (it's not entirely obvious for edge cases, like viruses, but quite obvious for cells) "human" = pretty obvious as well, simply look at genetics. I mean, obviously an offspring of two humans is a human (for the next 100k+ years)
- krapp 2y ago>Well the scientific basis is that you're killing another human (the fetus, scientifically, is another human, with its own genetics). Except killing another human is allowed in other circumstances, especially in Texas. Using "science" to make a special case for a fetus seems like a pretext when that science no longer applies outside the womb.