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To: NittanyLion
A fetus has unique DNA - clearly the fetus IS another person, with all the corresponding rights.

That is a useless definition of "person". Hell, with that definition a dead body could be a "person", and a living person would actually be thousands of "persons". The best definitions of "person" I've found is a gradient based on cognitive ability.

219 posted on 11/02/2001 11:42:42 AM PST by tortoise
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To: tortoise
I've found is a gradient based on cognitive ability.

Help me understand this...you're not saying someone with Alzheimers Disease is less of a person than you or I, are you? After all, their cognitive ability is far inferior to ours.

221 posted on 11/02/2001 11:50:54 AM PST by NittanyLion
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