Thread: ABORTION: Where do you stand?

Originally Posted by buriedmonsters

What makes an "experience"? This is a pretty broad term you're throwing around. A fetus has the ability to have experiences within it's limited environment. It cries, it hiccups, it practices breathing, it has emotion and thought, it's heart beats, it's limbs move, it's cells multiply. Those are all experiences that make us human. Just because it cannot literally talk to you and have a conversation does not mean it's not life and not to be valued. Many people cannot talk to you or have any kind of intelligent interaction. Infact, many people have the existence of a fetus really; being cared for, basic bodily functions, base emotions. But we cannot chop those people up and throw them away, can we?

I thought you weren't here to debate the meanings of words...

All of the things you listed are subconscious actions, except for emotion and thought, and thus don't matter. The fetus has no control over those. Regarding emotion and thought, I would like to see some sources showing that fetuses possess such attributes.