Re:Macular degeneration: 'I've been given my sight back'
by DoreenMichele on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @05:35PM
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To me, this is not a philosophical argument. That is the de facto outcome of such a position. If you call it murder to end a pregnancy at any stage, as the GP does, then women are hostages of a life not yet able to survive on its own.
Re:Macular degeneration: 'I've been given my sight back'
by ksk on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @05:44PM
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>To me, this is not a philosophical argument.
Why? Determining what is and isn't life is based on human reasoning, judgement, and morality. Have you found an alternate approach that was somehow missed by everyone else? :)
>If you call it murder to end a pregnancy at any stage, as the GP does, then women are hostages of a life not yet able to survive on its own.
Perhaps you missed the stem cell therapy treatment context that was being discussed. We're only talking about embryos, not pregnancy.
Re:Macular degeneration: 'I've been given my sight back'
by DoreenMichele on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @05:53PM
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Is there some new fangled means for embryos to grow into babies that don't involve a human womb?
There are many ways to philosophically argue against a 'life begins at fertilization' position. I don't know why you feel the need to assume things that were not said.