Re:We May Never Truly Fathom Other Cultures
by mercutio2 on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @10:20PM
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You're posting a link to anti-abortion propaganda from the 2016 Indiana Assembly as an argument for why those of us who strenuously disagree that fetuses deserve the legal rights of children should agree with calling fetuses children?
The Indiana Assembly is certainly an authority on one thing: legislating clever ways to restrict women's right to obtain an abortion. I don't consider them authorities on much else.
Re:We May Never Truly Fathom Other Cultures
by dismantlethesun on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @03:19AM
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Oh I'm sorry, I didn't realize your 'we' only referred you personally and anyone who agreed with your conclusions.
I had thought you meant a more general and inclusive 'we'.
Indiana General Assembly, House Bill 1337
> Requires physicians to provide information about perinatal hospice care to a pregnant woman who is considering an abortion because the unborn child has been diagnosed with a lethal fetal anomaly.
The terminology of referring to the unborn as children has a long legal history.
There's a similar history concerning how personhood is determined via paperwork: i.e. if you do not fill out the paperwork for an abortion, the unborn child is considered a person for cases of its death---such as if a pregnant woman is killed, it's considered a double homicide.