On Thu, 27 Aug 2015 13:20:34 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

I am not questioning the right of a woman to abort an unwanted
pregnancy. I *am* questioning the conventional wisdom as to when "life"
begins.

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It's very easy to dance around that issue. It is your choice. The
generally accepted view of "life" however includes the ability to
survive on your own among other things. The notion that "life" is
present among a clump of multiplying cells is mostly a religious
thing. I have nothing against religion and people should be free to
believe what they want. The law however should be based on science
and generally accepted principles. The law has spoken with regard to
women's right to an abortion.

Letting religion take precedence over facts and science has led to all
sorts of mischief in the past including the notion that the sun and
planets revolved around the earth. People of science were persecuted
and sometimes executed if they disagreed with the church's position no
matter how demonstrably erroneous it was. We see the same thing today
with Darwin, evolution, brain death, the beginning of life, etc.