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Originally posted by bilmore
Oh, I agree that this is THE argument, the one this all devolves to. Just like the slavery one - are blacks human? - determined the outcome of that controversy, this will determine how the abortion argument goes. (It became the accepted paradigm, after a bit, that, yes, blacks were human, and deserving of human value.) .
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Haven't studied these things myself, but I have heard some people who have argue that this was the paradigm for a long before it became necessary to justify slavery too.
But I can't believe that a group of lawyers actually spent all day arguing over abortion. Is there really anything to be said? As Bilmore notes, its an easy question as long as we all agree on the basic premise. For course, we fundamentally do not. So what's worth debating?
